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English
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When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier...
8) Made things
Author
Series
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Making friends has never been so important. Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread. Coppelia is a street thief, a trickster, a low-level con artist. But she has something other thieves don't... tiny puppet-like companions: some made of wood, some of metal. They don't entirely trust her, and she doesn't entirely understand them,...
Author
Series
Tales from the box volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
125 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Boolar is asked to join a puppet theater, he forgets about the dolls and mice who have been his family, until a crisis helps him regain perspective.
10) Puppet
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"What should a puppet master do when he's old and alone and all his puppets are gone? Silvester decides to make one last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to him, Puppet speaks back. And then he starts to walk . . . While Silvester shows Puppet the town, the playground, and other wonders the world holds, Puppet in turn helps Silvester to make a new friend and share his puppet-making skills with the next generation"--Provided...
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
The dream of a lonely woodcutter is fulfilled when his puppet, Pinocchio, comes to life. Unfortunately, Pinocchio quickly becomes more of a prankster than a pleasure. He would rather create mischief and play tricks than keep up on his studies. Soon, however, the wooden puppet learns that being a real boy is much more complicated than simply having fun.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the Old City of Québec, Kay Harper falls in love with a puppet in the window of the Quatre Mains, a toy shop that is never open. She is spending her summer working as an acrobat with the cirque while her husband, Theo, is translating a biography of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Late one night, Kay fears someone is following her home. Surprised to see that the lights of the toy shop are on and the door is open, she takes shelter...
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Series
Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
141 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Eve party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone. But strange, mean-spirited things keep happening to his little brother, and Slappy always seems to...
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Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xi, 285 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sir Hereward: the only male child of an ancient society of witches. Knight, artillerist, swordsman. Mercenary for hire. Ill-starred lover. Mister Fitz: puppet, sorcerer, loremaster. Practitioner of arcane arts and wielder of sorcerous needles. Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: godslayers. Agents of the Council of the Treaty for the Safety of the World, charged with the location and removal of listed extra-dimensional entities, more commonly known as...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It's Easter morning, and all of Sesame Street is gathered at the park for the Great Easter Race. Who will win the day? Will it be the turtle, who moves slowly and steadily toward the finish? Or will it be the bunny, who runs faster than thunder, but seems easily distracted? Fun surprises wait around every turn, so come along with Elmo and all the Sesame Street friends!
Author
Series
Origami Yoda volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
141 p. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"What do you wish for most? It's a question that Oswald, Sarah, and Oscar think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Oscar wishes to get his hands on the mechanical toy that's out of stock all over town. But in the twisted world of Five Nights at Freddy's, their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost. In this volume, three stories from the New York Times bestselling series Five...
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A blue monster in a green suit gets on a bus one rainy day, only to be joined by a series of other creatures, each one noisier and more annoying than the next, in a story based on the popular children's song, "The Wheels on the Bus."