Review by Booklist Review
Would-be prestidigitators will find plenty of audience-mystifying feats in this collection of simple card/dice/ribbon/etc. tricks. The opening act is a riffle of card tricks that play off a chosen key card or involve elementary legerdemain. What follows is a demonstration of mathematical magic with dice, disappearing knots, number tricks, some more-or-less harmless pranks, and illusions. A final set probably requires a visit to a magic shop worth it for the magic wand up the nose trick alone but the only significant expense here is in practice time. Each trick features a brief materials list, step-by-step directions, and a mix of diagrams and cartoons of triumphant young magicians. The author offers only general advice about developing an act or a line of patter, but occasional pro tips pop up in side boxes, such as the value of deliberately messing up from time to time. Groanworthy jokes (What's the best thing to put in a pie? Your teeth) are interspersed to provide routine starting points. All in all, a good source of starter tricks.--Peters, John Copyright 2015 Booklist
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