Books on Puppetry

Did your or your child's imagination take fire at "About Face: The World of Masks and Puppets" at this year's Cityfolk Festival? Keep that fire burning with the books (and one DVD) which are available in the Dayton Metro Library catalog. Our thanks to library staffer Joy Schwab for compiling this list.

Simple Puppets from Everyday Materials by Barbara M. Buetter, 1966
745.592 B928S

Puppets and Puppet Theatre by David Currell, 1999
745.592 C976P

Make Your Own Performing Puppets by Teddy C. Long, 1995
745.592 L849M

The Foam Book: An Easy Guide to Building Polyfoam Puppets by Drew Allison, 1997
745.59224 A438F

Making and Manipulating Marionettes by David Currell, 2004
745.59224 C976M

Puppet Planet by John E. Kennedy, 2006
745.59224 K358P

Puppets and Performing Objects: A Practical Guide by Tina Bicat, 2007
791.53 B853P

Puppetry: A World History by Eileen Blumenthal, 2005
791.53 B658P

Puppets and Masks: Stagecraft and Storytelling by Nancy Rump, 1996
791.53 R937P


Books for Children & Teachers

Make Your Own Puppets & Puppet Theatres by Carolyn Carreiro, 2005
745.592 CARRE

The Usborne Book of Puppets by Ken H. Haines, 1997
745.592

My Puppet Art Class by Nellie Shepherd, 2003
745.5922 SHEPH

Crafty Puppets [Finger Puppet Fun] by Thomasina Smith, 1999
745.592 SMITH

One-Person Puppetry Streamlined & Simplified: with 38 Folktale Scripts by Yvonne Amar Frey, 2005
791.53 FREY

Fantastic Theatre: Puppets and Plays for Young Performers and Young Audiences by Judy Sierra, 1991
791.53

The Most Excellent Book of How to be a Puppeteer by Roger Lade, 1996
791.53

Children’s DVD: Activity TV: Puppets by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, 2008
745.59224 A188