Who Was?: Who Was Jim Henson?

By Joan Holub, Who Hq

4.00 JOD

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ISBN: 9780448454061

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 112

Publication Date: 08-Jul-10

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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.

Joan Holub is the author and/or illustrator of many books for children. She lives in North Carolina, where the famous groundhog Sir Walter Wally helps watch the weather at the Museum of Natural Sciences. You can visit Joan at www.joanholub.com.

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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.