Bill Severn S Best Magic

Step-by-step instructions for performing over fifty magic tricks and presenting them in an entertaining way.

Explains how many of the great magicians performed their tricks and presents dozens of magic tricks and illusions in step-by-step form.

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

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

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.

Selected for their high interest, appealing formats, appropriate reading levels, outstanding writing, and popularity, these contemporary, spellbinding titles (20 for grades 5-8 and 20 for grades 9-12) reflect a variety of genres and themes that will encourage lifelong literacy. Given for each title are genre and themes, review citations, author information, plot summary, reading and interest rankings, booktalks, literature extensions, alternative book report suggestions, and reproducible bookmarks that suggest further reading.