The Kids' Guide to Magic Tricks

by Steve Charney

Overview

Have you ever seen a magician do a cool trick and wonder how it was done? Here’s your chance to find out! Just follow the instructions inside and soon you’ll be amazing people with incredible magic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666311099
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/15/2021
Series:	Kids' Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Steve Charney is a magician, musician, ventriloquist, radio personality, songwriter, children’s author and all-around nut. He has performed his stage act around the world with his dummy, Harry, for more than 25 years. Steve lives with his wife, dog, and cat in upstate New York in a house that he built himself and has the bad back to prove it.

Table of Contents

Welcome to the club! — What's your number? — Ring and rope — A hearty assistant — Poking Washington's eye — The magic shoelace — Hatful of water — Shrinking ads — Cups and balls — Beam me up! — Squirmy wormy.

Editorial Reviews

The Kids’ Guide series offers fully illustrated introductory books on a broad variety of topics. The many colorful photos, often smaller than two-inch squares, show young people demonstrating the activities described in the text. Charney, a professional magician, opens Magic Tricks with three simple rules and 17 easy-to-find props for novice performers. He presents 10 magic tricks by breaking each one down into smaller steps of preparation and performance. In the photos, a boy or girl demonstrates each numbered step. Charney’s detailed instructions and tips help ensure that, with plenty of practice, young magicians can baffle their audiences. Sign Language leads off with a brief introduction to American Sign Language and a hand-sign alphabet chart. Clay encourages beginners to go beyond finger spelling by learning signs for basic words and practicing simple phrases. The small size of the illustrations occasionally makes it difficult to see the hand and finger positions clearly. Still, the kid-based conversational gambits, like “I’m in ___ (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) grade” and “I want to eat ___ (hot dog, hamburger, pizza, fruit, ice cream),” are well chosen. These slender titles present topics in a brief, practical manner that readers may find helpful.

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