The Magic Show Book: A Performance in a Book - Hardcover

DK

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465453962 ISBN 13: 9781465453969

Publisher: DK Children, 2016

Synopsis

Are you ready to bedazzle everyone with jaw-dropping magic tricks?

Make money disappear, teach your wand to dance, slice a (cardboard) person in half, and much, much more with the help of the The Magic Show Book.

This unique pop-up book for kids comes with interactive features, props, and pull tabs that show you how to do a range of amazing tricks that will baffle and delight your family and friends. This includes step-by-step visual instructions to a number of card, rope, and coin tricks. Special flaps guide you through tricks, and hidden instructions make the act as seamless as possible. 

The Magic Show Book is a performance in a book, full of mystifying magic and illusion that will occupy kids and astonish audiences.

About this title

About the Author

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

Reviews

Gr 2–4—This title is designed to allow the novice magician to present a complete magic show with ease. Though some of the tricks ask readers to supply their own playing cards, string, coins, and handkerchiefs, the majority of the illusions are built into the book, including a tear-out page to create a magic wand. The design is colorful and eye-catching, and each trick comes with illustrated step-by-step instructions for the performance. There are a number of playful flaps, such as foxes that transform into chickens when the flaps are lifted in a particular order. Other examples involve a wallet that will flip a bill from side to side, trick cards, and a paper snake thatis magically sliced inside its pop-up box.VERDICT The delicate nature of the movable parts and the many magic tricks that are dependent on removable pieces make this better suited for home use.—Kelly Topita, Anne Arundel County Public Library, MD

Edition details

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1465453962
• ISBN 13: 9781465453969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32