Bill Severn S Amazing Magic

Provides detailed instructions for a variety of simple magic tricks using elastic bands, coins, bills, cards, and other props, including preparation, what moves to make, and what to say while performing them

Presents step-by-step instructions for hundreds of tricks and illusions.

Chapter titles include: "Performing Magic," "Women in Magic," "Books and Magazines," "Collecting Magic," "Showplaces of Magic," "Clubs and Conventions," "The Dealers," and "A Short Dictionary of Magic."

School and public libraries often provide programs and activities for children in preschool through the sixth grade, but there is little available to young adults. For them, libraries become a place for work—the place to research an assignment or find a book for a report—but the thought of the library as a place for enjoyment is lost. So how do librarians recapture the interest of teenagers? This just might be the answer. Here you will find theme-based units (such as Cartoon Cavalcade, Log On at the Library, Go in Style, Cruising the Mall, Space Shots, Teens on TV, and 44 others) that are designed for young adults. Each includes a display idea, suggestions for local sponsorship of prizes, a program game to encourage participation, 10 theme-related activities, curriculum tie-in activities, sample questions for use in trivia games or scavenger hunts, ideas for activity sheets, a bibliography of related works, and a list of theme-related films. The units are highly flexible, allowing any public or school library to adapt them to their particular needs.

Step-by-step instructions for making and using a variety of props and devices in more than sixty magic tricks.