McCoy, Elin & Joe Gannon: Card Games and Tricks ©2010 Mud Puddle Books Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.75x8.25", 80 pages ISBN: 9781603112338

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Comments: Originally published as Cards for Kids: Games, Tricks & Amazing Facts in 1991. A beginner's book of card and dice games, with a section on card magic tricks. Joe Gannon authored the section on Dice Games. This book was also available in a kit with cards and dice.

Contents (from book):

5 Introduction

7 A Guide to Cards
8 Counting Cards
9 Card Royalty
9 The Story of the Joker
10 The Truth About One-Eyed Jacks
11 What’s a Suit?
12 Amazing Facts About Cards & Famous Cardplayers
15 How to Shuffle and Why
17 How to Cut Cards and Why
17 How to Deal and Who Goes First
18 Card Manners

21 Card Games
22 Pig
23 Concentration
24 Go Fish
26 War
27 Old Maid
28 Suit of Armor
29 Beggar-Your-Neighbor
30 Donkey
32 Spit
33 Crazy Eights
36 Hearts
37 Casino
39 Blackjack
42 Rummy
44 Queen City Rummy
44 Gin Rummy

47 Card Tricks
48 Hints on Doing Card Tricks
49 On the Edge Card Stunt
50 The Dime-in-the-Glass Card Stunt
50 Find the Card
52 The X-Ray Eye Trick
53 Three-Column Card Magic
55 The Secret Deal
56 Needle in the Haystack
57 The Amazing Blindfolded Card Reader
59 The Spelling Trick
60 The incredible Free-Form Card Tower

62 Card Glossary

65 Dice Games (Joe Gannon)
67 Aces in the Pot
68 Beetle
69 Ohio
70 Craps
72 Drop Dead
73 Straight Shooter
74 Help Your Neighbor
75 Indian Dice
77 Thirty Six
79 Yacht