Setteducati, Mark & Anne Benkovitz: The Magic Show ©1999 Thomas Allen & Son, Ltd Hardcover, no dj, 18 pages

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Comments:A great concept - an interactive magic show in a book. You read through the book and follow the instructions and fool yourself! You spin dials, pull out the cardboard character and cards and move them, etc.

Contents:

Cover: Trick 1 Astounding Spheres: as you rotate the dial, balls change color
1 Instructions: How to use the book
2 Trick 2 Mind Game: circle mentalism trick
3 Trick 3 The Card Shark: reader slides one card to the top, magician predicts which of the four cards was chosen
5 Trick 4 Six Sorcerers: picture of 6 sorcerers changes to only 5
6 Trick 5 Strange Aces: Ace turns into a Queen
7 Trick 6 Devious Dominoes: Ends of remaining dominoes match selected one
10 Trick 7 Psychick Snack: Magician predicts which of 6 foods would be selected
12 Trick 8 The Misplaced Middle: Anne's middle disappears
13 Trick 9 Puzzling Poster: when turned over, a piece seems to be missing from a puzzle
14 Trick 10 Suspicious Squares: Optical illusion
15 Trick 11 Trunk of Terror: Mark vanishes from the trunk
17 Trick 12 Ivan's Intuition: number guessing
18 Mark Returns, and Book Reset Instructions