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Synopsis
Meet Harry Houdini - the most famous magician of all time. Harry performed many daring and astounding tricks still talked about today, including dangerous underwater escapes. Harry started his life in poverty but as a child got his own trapeze and performed for the neighborhood kids, calling himself "Prince of the Air." He went on to become one of the most famous people in the world, performing in front of huge crowds and making six movies. With level-appropriate language and detailed illustrations, this level 3 first reader tells the story of Harry Houdini's magic.
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Elizabeth MacLeod has written many children's books, including nine titles in the Snapshots Biography series, numerous titles in the Kids Can Read, Kids Books Of and Kids Can Do It series, Why Do Horses Have Manes?, What Did Dinosaurs Eat?, and Monster Fliers. She lives in Toronto.
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Gr. 4-6. The world's best-known magician began performing as an acrobat in his neighborhood at the age of nine to make money desperately needed by his family. MacLeod provides a straightforward history of her colorful subject, recognizing that Houdini often created stories about his life, and she provides details that separate fact from the magician's fictions. Reproduced images of photos, handbills, and advertisements bring the text on each double-page spread to life, showing Harry's penchant for publicity and his most famous escapes. Middle-grade readers interested in Houdini and magic will be entertained and enlightened by this well-organized entry in the ongoing Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History series; a chronology and further resources are appended. For slightly younger readers, suggest Kathleen Krull's Houdini (2005). Karen Hutt
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- PublisherKids Can Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1554532981
- ISBN 13 9781554532988
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorMantha John
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