"The power of the puppet shows itself in diverse fields: not only in the puppet theatres, not only in rituals and magical spells, but also in the broad range of education and therapy. This has also been recognised by the international puppetry organisation – UNIMA – and the Puppets in Education Commission was founded at the Congress in Budapest in 1996 [...] The book covers all three areas: education, development (written by three authors from Great Britain, who use that very appropriate term applied puppetry) and therapy." (Preface, page 7-8)