Kids Make Magic!: The Complete Guide to Becoming an Amazing Magician

Ron Burgess. Williamson Publishing Company, $12.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-1-885593-87-0

Kids Make Magic! The Complete Guide to Becoming an Amazing Magician by Ron Burgess, illus. by Marie Ferrante-Doyle and Sarah Rakitin, provides a thorough starting point for novice wizards. With more than 30 illustrated tricks, pages of suggestions, instructions and much encouragement from the authors, this volume includes such wizardry as the ""Spoon Switcheroo Trick"" and ""Magic Shopping Trick,"" using household items readily accessible to children.

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