Selected Bibliography These are just some of the books on puppetry which I used or reviewed before preparing these pages. All should be readily available through your local library or bookstore (or click on the links at the bottom of the page to go to amazon.com). Updated January 2004

Anderson, Dee. Amazingly easy puppet plays : 42 new scripts for one-person puppetry. Chicago : American Library Association, 1996. ISBN: 0838906974 Buetter, Barbara MacDonald. Simple puppets from everyday materials. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c1996. ISBN: 1895569052 Provides directions for making all kinds of puppets out of easily obtainable materials, including socks, paper rolls, boxes, spools, and even vegetables. Currell, David. The complete book of puppetry. Boston : Plays, inc., 1975, c1974 ISBN: 0823801616 Introduces the history of puppetry and gives instructions for making various types of puppets, creating stage sets, and producing plays. Engler, Larry. Making puppets come alive : how to learn and teach hand puppetry. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 1996 ISBN: 0486293785 An unabridged republication of the work as published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, in 1973. I found this one to be extremely useful in developing movement and personality for my puppets Forte, Imogene. Puppet parade : easy-to-make imaginative puppets from readily-found materials. Nashville, Tenn. : Incentive Publications, c1992 ISBN: 0865301522 Provides easy-to-follow instructions for making a variety of puppets out of easily available materials found at home or school. Gates, Frieda. Easy to make puppets. New York : Harvey House, c1976. ISBN: 0817854320 Introduces five types of hand and string puppets to make from easy patterns. Includes a puppet play with staging suggestions. Huff, Mary Jo Storytelling With Puppets, Props and Playful Tales. Monday Morning Books, c1998. ISBN: 1576120422 Some very cute ideas for puppets and flannel-board stories. Hunt, Tamara and Renfro, Nancy. Puppetry in Early Childhood Education Austin Texas: Nancy Renfro Studios, 1982. ISBN 0-931044-04-9 If I had to choose only one book for inspiration and practical advice regarding puppets, this would be the one. It is no longer in print, but should be available through most libraries. Jamieson, Rita. Puppet Pizzazz! Using Puppets to Spark Interest and Learning in the Early-Childhood Classroom. Huntington Beach, CA: Creative Teaching Press, 2000. ISBN: 1574716964 Suggestions and patterns for turning literally anything into a puppet. Story and song suggestions for early childhood classes. Long, Teddy Cameron. Make your own performing puppets. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c1995. ISBN: 189556932X Schneebeli-Morrell, Deborah. Puppets : get started in a new craft with easy-to-follow projects for beginners. Secaucus, N.J. : Chartwell Books, c1994. ISBN: 0785800581 Schroeder, Joanne F. Fun puppet skits for schools and libraries. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1995 ISBN: 1563082985 Wright, Denise Anton. One-person puppet plays. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1990. ISBN: 0872877426 Though most of the plays in this collection are of the "bounce around the stage and act silly" variety--it could give beginners a starting place to work from. To Puppet Index