Rose Wyler; Gerald Ames: Spooky Tricks
Wyler, Rose; Gerald Ames: Spooky Tricks
©1968 Rose Wyler, Gerald Ames; Scholastic Book Service
Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 64 pages
Rose Wyler & Gerald Ames: Spooky Tricks
Image courtesy Bryan-Keith Taylor

Comments: Cartoon Illustrations by Taliv Aldis Stubis. Children's book of magic.

Contents (from book):

5 How to Be a Spook
6 You Are Full of Holes: optical illusion
8 Your Extra Finger: another
10 Pincushion Thumb: put needles in your thumb without harm
12 Spooky Hand: picks up lots of cards
14 Stop Your Pulse: matchstick stops moving
16 Strange String: two become one
18 Spooky Handkerchief: coin through
20 Rising Ring: on wand
22 X-Ray Eyes: reading a message

24 Willie The Ghost:
26 Willie Writes a Message: invisible ink
28 Willie In a Matchbox: moves on back of hand
30 Creepy Coin: get a coin out from under a glass
32 Willie Plays Ball: ball moves on table top
34 Willie Ties a Knot: instant knot in handkerchief
36 Willie Earns a Nickel: coin vanish
38 Willie Takes a Bow: handkerchief moves
40 Candy for Willie: vanishes in cup

42 Haunted House
44 Ghose On The Wall: Optical illusion
46 Mummy Finger: comes alive in a box
48 Electric Cat: static electricity
50 Sign Of The Spook: letter appears on spectator's palm
54 Mixed Up Mummies: Mummies change places in matchboxes
56 Disappearing Girl: stage illusion with cardboard boxes
60 Floating Boy: levitation illusion
64 End


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