Author: Jim HensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Jim Henson's Muppet Stories to Grow on
Author: Jim HensonJim Henson's Book of Muppet Stories
Author: Tony GeissPublisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517102299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Jim Henson's Muppet Stories
Author: Stories to Grow on
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
A collection of short stories, starring the Muppets, that focus on friendship and play.
Stories to Grow on
Author: Jim Henson ProductionsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
A collection of short stories, starring the Muppets, that focus on friendship and play.
Who Was Jim Henson?
Author: Joan HolubPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101437154
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media empire. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this easy-to-read biography will be published twenty years after Henson's untimely death.
Jim Henson's Muppets in Fozzie Bear, Star Helper
Author: Bonnie WorthPublisher: Grolier, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780717282685
Category : Bears
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This series will help children learn about values such as honesty, friendship, sharing, responsibility, love, and self-esteem.
Jim Henson's Muppets in Show-and-yell
Author: Richard ChevatPublisher:
ISBN: 9781592262151
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"The books in this series will teach your child important lessons about self-esteem, friendship, sharing, love, imagination, and manners. Collect all six of the storybooks that feature Jim Henson's Muppets for hours of reading and learning fun."--Cover back.
Jim Henson
Author: Brian Jay JonesPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345526139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters born of his fertile imagination: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography—written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family—covers the full arc of Henson’s all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in America, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson's family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives, Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson’s contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten-year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson’s non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth—as well as fascinating misfires like Henson’s dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub. An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose dealmaking prowess won him a reputation as “the new Walt Disney,” and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson’s intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing, his love of fast cars and expensive art, and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life—a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well founded. An up-close look at the charmed life of a legend, Jim Henson gives the full measure to a man whose joyful genius transcended age, language, geography, and culture—and continues to beguile audiences worldwide. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE “Jim Henson vibrantly delves into the magnificent man and his Muppet methods: It’s an absolute must-read!”—Neil Patrick Harris “An exhaustive work that is never exhausting, a credit both to Jones’s brisk style and to Henson’s exceptional life.”—The New York Times “[A] sweeping portrait that is a mix of humor, mirth and poignancy.”—Washington Independent Review of Books “A meticulously researched tome chock-full of gems about the Muppets and the most thorough portrait of their creator ever crafted.”—Associated Press
The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson
Author: Jennifer C. GarlenPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786469862
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets. This collection of essays delves into the rest of Henson's body of work, including projects developed during his lifetime and those that represent his legacy. Covered here are Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Jim Henson Hour, Dinosaurs, Farscape, and more. Henson's influence on both audiences and later productions remains palpable on screens large and small, as this collection attests.