May Day is a festival that dates back nearly a thousand years and marks the beginning of summer. It is usually celebrated at ...

A collection of Sooty and Sweep glove puppets used by the creator of the iconic BBC children's television show have sold at ...

Morty is the brainchild of the Colossal Collective, a Boise-based group that aims to spread joy via interactive art — namely, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Henson modernized the age-old art of puppetry by using foam rubber to coat the puppets’ limbs. Previously, most TV puppets were made of carved wood. But Henson believed that foam rubber and cloth ...