Abracadabra! Fun Magic Tricks for Kids

British magician Ken Kelly and his 11-year-old daughter, Kristen, introduce 30 magic tricks described via step-by-step instructions; photographs taken by Ken’s wife, Colette; and online videos that readers can access via QR codes. Several tricks make use of everyday items like coins, drinking glasses, toothpicks, and vases; others require paper props readers can cut out of the book, such as a paper lady that can be used to replicate the classic cutting-someone-in-half trick. Kelly explains terms like “misdirection,” “gimmick,” and “sleight of hand” and discusses how audiences will perceive successfully performed tricks. The text is sometimes repetitive (“Think of all the candies you can eat during practice! You’ll have the best excuse ever to eat tons of candies”), and the book’s design is bare bones, but this is still a solid guide for magicians-in-training. Ages 7–up. (June)