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Want to find more information about Puppetry?
Here are some sources you might try.
The amazing Greenpebble, puppet magician extraordinaire, likes to read about puppets at the library.
Here are three of my favorite books about puppets and puppeteers for young people.
Ask you local librarian about their books on Puppetry. See him perform his magic at a performance of "At The Hop".
The Asheville Puppetry Alliance
APA will again host the 2008 National Day of Puppetry (date to be announced) at The Folk Art Center located at Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of the Hwy 70 entrance in East Asheville, NC. Times are from 10 AM to 4 PM. This event will be presented by The Asheville Puppetry Alliance, The Southern Highland Craft Guild and the Puppetry Guild of the Carolinas. Check out Asheville Puppetry Alliance's web site for more information.
Puppeteers of America
The Puppeteers of America is an organization dedicated to the art of puppetry. Find out more about the regional and national puppetry festivals, local puppetry guilds, the puppetry store, audiovisual library, consultants and the Puppetry Journal.
Center for Puppetry Arts
Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the Center for Puppetry Arts is one of the largest organizations in the United States dedicated to the art of puppetry. The Center is a magical place where adults as well as children can be entertained, educated and enlightened about all forms of puppetry
UNIMA USA Home Page
The Puppeteer's Apprentice
By D. Anne Love
Aladdin Historical Fiction
The Warlord's Puppeteers
By Virginia Walton Pilegard
Illustrated by Nicolas Debon
Pelican Publishing Company
The Muppets Make Puppets!
By Cheryl Henson
Workman Publishing