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The Value of Imagination: The Story of Jim Henson is a biography for children about the life of Jim Henson. The book is part of a series called "Value Tales", which teaches inspirational messages through the biographies of celebrated people. The volume on Abraham Lincoln is called "The Value of Respect", the Ludwig van Beethoven book is "The Value of Giving", and Christopher Columbus teaches "The Value of Curiosity." Proving that Henson didn't have a monopoly, the Charles Dickens biography is also called "The Value of Imagination."

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  • The Value of Imagination
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  • The Value of Imagination: The Story of Jim Henson is a biography for children about the life of Jim Henson. The book is part of a series called "Value Tales", which teaches inspirational messages through the biographies of celebrated people. The volume on Abraham Lincoln is called "The Value of Respect", the Ludwig van Beethoven book is "The Value of Giving", and Christopher Columbus teaches "The Value of Curiosity." Proving that Henson didn't have a monopoly, the Charles Dickens biography is also called "The Value of Imagination."
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Date
  • 1991(xsd:integer)
Series
  • Value Tales
Illustrator
  • Steve Pileggi
Publisher
  • Value Communications, Inc.
Writer
  • Ann Donegan Johnson
ISBN
  • 717282538(xsd:integer)
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  • The Value of Imagination: The Story of Jim Henson is a biography for children about the life of Jim Henson. The book is part of a series called "Value Tales", which teaches inspirational messages through the biographies of celebrated people. The volume on Abraham Lincoln is called "The Value of Respect", the Ludwig van Beethoven book is "The Value of Giving", and Christopher Columbus teaches "The Value of Curiosity." Proving that Henson didn't have a monopoly, the Charles Dickens biography is also called "The Value of Imagination." The story follows Henson from a young boy in Mississippi to Washington, D.C., and then on to fame and fortune. Because the publishers didn't have a license to produce a book with images of the copyrighted Muppet characters, the illustrations use generic Muppety-looking puppets instead. For example, a two-page spread illustrating The Muppet Show depicts two blue cows playing banjo and guitar, backing up a singing purple horse. The only actual Muppet pictured in the book is Pierre the French Rat, one of Henson's earliest puppets, because people don't really remember what he looks like. (The "Pierre" pictured in the book is a rather sinister-looking blue mouse with a beret.) Sprinkled among the well-known facts of Henson's life are some unusual tidbits, including: * His hobbies as a child were playing tennis with his brother, playing cards and board games with his friends, and stamp collecting. * In his first school play, "Parade of Spices", Henson played a jar of sage. * In college, Henson switched his major from Fine Arts to Home Economics, which offered courses in costume design, interior design, and puppetry. * Henson believed that "home, school and television were the three most important influences on children."
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