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1) Louie
Author
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Description
A shy, withdrawn boy loses his heart to a puppet.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A guide to being grouchy, written and illustrated by the world's greatest grouch--Sesame Street's Oscar! So you want to be a grouch? Oscar, Sesame Street's resident grouch, is here to tell you how, in this hysterical hardcover book written and illustrated by Caroll Spinney--the puppeteer who brought Oscar to grouchy life for almost 50 years. This one-of-a-kind book offers laugh-out-loud, hilariously illustrated advice on how to live grouchily all...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From Gepetto's workshop up leaps irrepressible Pinocchio, a wooden boy intent on haveing the most fabulous adventures! Journey with Pinocchio to lands afar, join the Greatest Puppet Show in the World, meet the dastardly Lame Fox and the Blind Cat, and fall under the spell of the beautiful blue-haired Good Fairy. But beware the enticements of the Land of Toys...and never forget to heed the advice of a Talking Cricket!
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Nick and his robot pal Nack love to build things. As they make puppets and a stage in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can find supplies in Hidden Pictures scenes that double as picture support for the simple story text, which is full of repeated words. With bonus craft directions, Nick and Nack Put on a Puppet Show will appeal to junior makers who are just discovering reading.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Freddy is back--with a twist--in this sinister graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling YA novel Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones! It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a...
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Read These!
If You Like Dog Man, Read These!
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Read These!
If You Like Dog Man, Read These!
Description
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
9) Gabrielle
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Meet Gabrielle--she's a Black Muppet who lives on Sesame Street and is a close friend of Elmo's. This adorable photographic board book is perfect for toddlers! Learn all about Gabrielle in a Sesame Street board book illustrated with bold, bright photographs. As babies and toddlers pore over the many colorful, sturdy pages, they will delight in seeing Gabrielle playing with her friends including Elmo, Abby, Ji-Young, and her cousin Tamir. Look for...
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--
13) The bunny hop
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
One Easter there were rabbits all over Sesame Street and nobody knew where they came from except Big Bird.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale-with enchanting illustrations by Julie Morstad-in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning, and high spirits.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Unless eleven-year-old Parker can find a way to remove the sinister puppet that refuses to leave his hand, he will wind up in military school or worse but first he must stand up for himself to his best friend Wren, his mother, and his nearly-absent father.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help.
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