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Jim Henson
The Guy Who Played with Puppets
By Krull, Kathleen
- ISBN
- 978-0-37585-721-8 978-0-37595-721-5 978-0-37598-914-8
- Publisher
- Random
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2011
Gr 1–3—This easy-to-read biography of the master muppeteer hits the highlights of Henson's life and shows how he pursued his personal goal "to be one of the people who made a difference in this world." Years before the world knew about Kermit and friends, young Henson was already filling notebooks with drawin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
Growing up in a farmhouse on the Mississippi in the 1930s, Jim Henson didn't have a TV, so he had to make his own entertainment— watching nature, singing, storytelling, reading, writing poetry, and drawing. Henson's imaginative early life would serve as the foundation for his later creative efforts, a connection Krull and illustrators Johnson and Fancher also made in their biography of Dr. Seuss (The Boy on Fairfield Street; rev. 1/04). By thirteen, Henson had had his first cartoon published, and by sixt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Krull's straightforward text highlights key events and includes anecdotes to round out Henson's motivational life story. Johnson and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on October 1, 2011
A lively and engaging account of Jim Henson’s prolific but too-short life. Kathleen Krull provides historical context for Henson’s lifelong interest in entertainment, including the proliferation of televisions in American homes in the 1950s. The idea of “a grown man playing with puppets” was laughable at the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
