The Story of Jim Henson, Creator of the Muppets is a 106-page biography of Jim Henson. It was written by Stephanie St. Pierre, a childhood friend of Henson's oldest daughter, Lisa Henson. Although the book was in production before Jim Henson died, it wasn't finished and released until 1991, a year after his death.

Contents

• Author's Note
• A River of Rainbows
• Down by the Creek
• Puppets and Television
• On the Air
• Partners
• A Creative Family
• How They Got to Sesame Street
• HA! Hi! HO!
• A Frog with a Dream
• Superstars
• Fantastic Worlds
• New Directions
• It's a Good Life
• Highlights in the Life of Jim Henson

Errata

• A photo caption incorrectly refers to Junior Gorg as a fraggle.
• Page 35 makes the incorrect claim that Kermit the Frog was named after one of Jim Henson's childhood friends.
• Page 69 incorrectly lists Orson Welles and Lily Tomlin as guest stars on The Muppet Show. While Wells made a cameo in The Muppet Movie and Tomlin was a guest in The Muppets Go to the Movies (among appearing in other Henson productions) neither appeared as a guest on the show.
• On page 76, The Muppet Show: On Tour! is referred to as The Muppet Show Revue.
• On page 85, it's incorrectly stated that The Muppets Take Manhattan came out on June 1984, instead of July 1984.

See also

• Jim Henson Biographies