My dad was the first person to introduce me to shadow puppets. When my sister and I were tiny kids, he would tuck us into bed, turn off the lights and then cast an image of a dog against the wall.

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

Brant Bollman operates a cat puppet from inside during a "puppet stroll." Brant Bollman doesn’t just make puppets — he brings larger-than-life creatures to small-town Iowa. Bollman, who serves as the ...

Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show "Dilly's World," stands with a sardine puppet she made in a day at her home workshop. Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show "Dilly's ...