Puppet : A highly illustrated magical story to tug at your heartstrings from Carnegie Medal-winning author David Almond

Author: Almond, David

Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)

Published on 3 July 2025 by Walker Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 240 pages
128 x 197 x 21 | 216g

From Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning author David Almond comes a heartwarming story that shows anything is possible with imagination and trust.

What should a puppet master do when he’s old and alone, and all his puppets are gone? Sylvester makes one last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to him, Puppet speaks back. And then he walks…While Sylvester shows Puppet the town, the playground and the wonders the world holds, Puppet in turn helps Sylvester to make a new friend, and share his puppet-making skills with the next generation in this wonder-filled story of creation and the circle of life.

Illustrated with sequences of wordless spreads by an award-winning artist, this is a modern-day classic.