Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375857214 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Visit johnsonandfancher.. KATHLEEN KRULL—winner of the 2010 Eureka! Children's Nonfiction Award Silver Honor—is perhaps best known as a writer of richly entertaining biographies for children, such as FDR and The Boy Who Invented TV. I Walk At Night was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Kathleen lives with her husband, children's illustrator Paul Brewer, in San Diego, California.STEVE JOHNSON and LOU FANCHER, a husband-and-wife team, are the illustrators of
About the AuthorKATHLEEN KRULL—winner of the 2010 Eureka! Children's Nonfiction Award Silver Honor—is perhaps best known as a writer of richly entertaining biographies for children, such as FDR and The Boy Who Invented TV. Kathleen lives with her husband, children's illustrator Paul Brewer, in San Diego, California.STEVE JOHNSON and LOU FANCHER, a husband-and-wife team, are the illustrators of The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull, My Many Colored Days by Dr. I Walk At Night was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Visit johnsonandfancher.. Seuss, and New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne. Her Lives of series, which includes Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought), has been hugely popular with readers of all ages
Most sensa-tional, inspira-tional, celebra-tional, Muppeta-tional We have rediscovered The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock through the DVD releases, and my kids laugh and giggle as much as we used to when we were kids.Your outside-the-box kid will enjoy this biography of the creative mind behind the Muppets. 3rd-5th grade interest, or younger for read-alouds. The book shows Henson practicing and trying new things, despite public and parental disapproval. It shows . Primary Kari said Nice introduction to the life of Jim Henson!. I read this aloud to my young class, and they really enjoyed it! It does a nice job of introducing the life of Jim Henson and what inspired him to do the brilliant work that was such a large part of my childhood. The illustrations have nice character, and it provides some great details that I imagine might be helpful to elementary age children who are working on Biographies and the like. If you w. Awesome Weston Great book. A nice and easy-to-follow way to introduce little children to Jim Henson and his genius. The book has great illustrations and all in all is a great addition to any Muppet fan or parent's collection.
Sesame Street and The Muppet Show introduced Jim Henson's Muppets to the world, making Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird household names. A visionary, Jim always believed that puppets could reach a wider audience. In 1976, he proved it, drawing millions of family viewers to The Muppet Show. On Sesame Street, Jim's Muppets transformed children's television by making learning fun for kids everywhere. With his feature film The Dark Crystal and his Star Wars characters—including Yoda—Jim continued to push the boundaries of what was possible in puppetry until his death in 1990 at the age of 53.Kathleen Krull, recipient of the Children's Book Guild 2011 Non-fiction Award and many other accolades, once again does what she does so well—illuminating the life of an important figure in history, art, and culture with her informative but approachable writing style.. But even as a child in rural Mississippi, listening to the radio and putting on comedy shows for his family, Jim recognized the power of laughter to bring people together