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 ...

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

The young mothers laughed as Quackers, the puppet duck, helped Kurth Memorial Library director Sue Randleman sing a children's song as the women temporarily forgot the adult stress of tests, papers, ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Blair Thomas (back of head) and Jeanette Delaney work together in Thomas's intensive workshop for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Credit: Kimzyn Campbell “Did they have puppets ...