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128 pp.
| Barron's
| October, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7641-6014-1$11.99
(4)
4-6
Tremaine provides instructions for dozens of professional card tricks, and young magicians will enjoy learning the "tricks of the trade." The book first presents easier tricks before moving on to more complex illusions. Though the directions can be hard to follow, photographs help illustrate the steps. Blue text on a black background on some of the pages is difficult to read. Glos.
48 pp.
| Sterling
| September, 2003
|
TradeISBN 1-4027-0045-8$$9.95
(3)
K-3
Young Magician series.
Illustrated by
Dave Garbot.
Straightforward texts and colorful cartoonish illustrations introduce a number of magic tricks, including making a pen disappear, bending the handle of a spoon, and causing a playing card to float out of a deck. The illusions--which require only basic household items--are fairly simple, and the instructions are clearly relayed, making these solid volumes particularly appropriate for beginners. Ind. [Review covers these Young Magician titles: Card Tricks and Magic Tricks.]