cover image Kid Biz: How to Help Your Child Succeed in Show Business

Kid Biz: How to Help Your Child Succeed in Show Business

Nancy Carson. Warner Books, $11.95 (194pp) ISBN 978-0-446-38324-0

In 1983, talent agent Carson and TV host Fawcett developed a combination seminar and workshop to give parents instructions from show business professionals on finding work for children in commercials, films, television and theater. Talk-show appearances about the workshop led to this booka comprehensive guide covering training resumes, creating a ""look,'' contacting talent agents, recognizing rip-offs, auditions, rehearsals, contracts, publicity and child labor laws. Along with a glossary of show biz terms, the appendix lists addresses of trade publications and unions. Essential for moms and dads who think they have raised a future star. (July)