Abracadabra!
Cool Magic Tricks with Cards
Any magician worth his salt needs to know his (or her) way around a deck of cards. Teen magicians learn how to accomplish the seemingly impossible with an ordinary deck of playing cards. The expert author teaches the sleight-of-hand skills needed for good card tricks, including cuts, shuffles, flourishes, controls, and forces. Also included are a number of classic card routines that are sure to impress. Armed with skills from an experienced insider, readers will be able to perform a wide range of amazing effects with playing cards.
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Book review:
Abracadabra! Cool Magic Tricks With Cards
"A fascinating
introduction to magic card tricks for middle school age students. Using color
photos and step by step instructions, secrets for reproducing over 50 techniques
or components of card tricks are taught to the apprentice magician. Completed
with a glossary, bibliography, and index, 'Abracadabra!..' teaches the classic
ins and outs of correct card magician flourishes and techniques. ... a classic
approach to documenting sleight of hand skills needed to perform magic card
tricks."--Midwest
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