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Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything
Ashley Bryan's Puppets Making Something from Everything Author:Ashley Bryan Beloved storyteller and creator Ashley Bryan reveals the vibrant spirit of found objects in this magnificent treasury of poetry and puppets. — Little Cranberry Island. It?s a small island, with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, but it?s got more than its share of treasures?including the magnificent Ashley Bryan himself, a world-renowned storytell... more »er and author of such classics as All Night, All Day and Beautiful Blackbird. Daily, for decades, Ashley has walked up and down the beach, stopping to pick up sea glass, weathered bones, a tangle of fishing net, an empty bottle, a doorknob. Treasure.
And then, with glue and thread and paint and a sprinkling of African folklore, Ashley breathes new life into these materials. Others might consider it beach junk, but Ashley sees worlds of possibilities.
Ashley Bryan?s two-foot-tall hand puppets swell with personality and beauty, and in this majestic collection they make their literary debut, each with a poem that tells of their creation and further enlivens their spirit.« less
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