Geppetto is glad when one of his puppets comes to life. He calls the little wooden boy Pinocchio and raises him as his son. Pinocchio wants to be just like real boys, but as he sets out in the real world, it doesn't take long for him to get in trouble.

Catch the most wanted Goosebumps characters--undead or alive... The evil puppet you hate to love is back for a brand new scare. Jackson Stander is every parent's dream. He doesn't get into trouble, he always does his homework, and he never, ever lies. His teachers all trust him completely. He even volunteers at the local Youth Center. But that was all before Jackson came across an evil ventriloquist dummy. Now he must deal with Slappy wreaking havoc...

"Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...

Perhaps the most popular and beloved children's story of all time, Pinocchio tells the story of a wooden puppet that longs to become a real boy.

Big Bird captures a lightning bug and decides to keep it in a jar.

"This ultimate puppetry guide includes: how to make pupets from stuffed animals, how to guild your own hand pupet, how to create advanced Muppet-like puppets using master techniques, how to build simple, intermediate, and advanced puppet stages, how to bring your puppet to life with convincing body language, voices, diction, and emotions."--jacket flap.

Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.

"Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Eve party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone. But strange, mean-spirited things keep happening to his little brother, and Slappy always seems to...

Nancy Drew searches the attic of an old mansion that is haunted by a life-size puppet, and learns that someone is trying to keep her from solving the case.