Book In Review

        This is a great book for kids.  This handbook shows wonderful illustrations for performing magic tricks with ropes and coins.  It also gives you wonderful tips for preparing ahead of time to do a trick, gives information about what props are needed to do the tricks; and, the book also gives ideas and hints on performing the tricks in the best way possible.  There are even little snippets about famous and skilled magicians and tricks that they were known for. 

      For those who have not performed in front of an audience…there are some helpful ideas on how to relax your audience and help them focus on what you want them to focus on and how to distract them from the things that you dont want them to notice while performing a trick.  For tricks that use slight of hand motions there are some behind the scenes suggestions that will keep the audience guessing about how the magician was able to perform such a neat trick.

       Kids will love this book so that they can amaze anyone by doing these tricks in front of them.  It will make them an instant hit with their peers when they know how the trick is done and their friends do not. 

         The author of the book is Joe Fullman, the editor is Amanda Askew, the designer is Jackie Palmer, the illustrator is Mark Turner for Beehive Illustrations.  The publisher is Steve Evans and the creative director is Zeta Davies.  The book was published by QEB Publishing, Inc in 2008.  Their website can be found here:  http://www.qeb-publishing.com