Evanson, Ashley
Summary: "Do you know that you're a magician? In this interactive book, use your fingers to perform all kinds of magic tricks. Tap a hat to make a bunny appear, recite a spell to make books bigger, say "Gone-zo!" to make a ship disappear, and much more. But beware: the clever magic tricks don't always turn out the way you'd expect! "--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EVAWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: When Henry's magic teacher, The Amazing Arthur, goes missing right before the Greenfield Magic Shop's annual magic show, Henry and his sibilings look into Arthur's disappearance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARHigginson, Sheila Sweeny
Summary: "Did you know that every time a magician uses sleight of hand, he is secretly tracking your eye movements at the same time? How does a magician make a dove appear out of thin air? Amaze your friends with the secrets you learn in this fun, fact-filled Level 3 Ready-to-Read!"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE HIGStyles, Walker
Summary: After breaking out of prison, tricky magician Labra-Cadabra-Dor puts canine detective Rider Woofson under a evil spell.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STYShea, Bob
Summary: Ballet Cat and her cousin, Goat, try to outdo one another while putting on show for their grandmother.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE BALKilby, Janice Eaton
Summary: Are you ready to expand your powers and learn the secrets of conjurers from throughout the ages? Then grab your wand, open this book of magic, and start practicing tricks once understood only by master wizards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Jay, Joshua
Summary: "Joshua Jay, one of the world's most accomplished magicians, not only opens that door but brings us inside to reveal the artistry and obsessiveness, esoteric history, and long-whispered-about traditions of a subject shrouded in mystery. In 52 short, compulsively readable essays, Jay describes how he does it, whether it's through the making of illusions, the psychology behind them, or the way...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.8019 JAYBaker, Keith
Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, practice magic tricks, bake cookies, and dream up new inventions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BAKPogue, David
Summary: "Over 90 easy-to-perform tricks using everyday items."--Cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IDG Books Worldwide 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.8 POGWinkler, Henry
Summary: When Hank's sister, Emily, is upset that she can't have a reptile show at her birthday party, Hank comes up with a plan of his own. He'll disguise himself as the Westside Wizard and pull a snake out of thin air. But learning the trick is harder than he thought. Can Hank pull it off without blowing his cover?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WINAvery, Bryan Patrick
Summary: It is Mordecai's first day in Mr. Grizley's class, and before he can really introduce himself it is time for the school assembly--but when the scheduled magic show is canceled Mordecai steps in and reveals that he has brought some magic tricks of his own.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE AVEAvi
Summary: Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli which reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVIKelley, Marty
Summary: After going to a magic show, Molly decides that she wants to be a real magician, and she hopes that her father's old magic kit may help her master some real magic in time to put on a show for Sharing Time at school--aiming big, she would really like to be able to saw her best friend in half (and of course put her back together).
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KELThaler, Mike
Summary: "Hubie wants to put on a magic show. He has a magician's cap and cape. He has a stage. He even has a few assistants. The only problem is--he doesn't have any tricks. The show is on Saturday and that makes Hubie want to disappear. Can the Great Hubini get his act together? Or will his magic show be a tragic show?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE THASummary: Nothing can amaze quite like an expertly-executed magic trick. Ideally, only the magician knows how truly simple the deception is. After watching Math and Magic, you will know that this trick and its many variants rely on a remarkable property of patterned sequences called Gilbreath's principle--named after an amateur magician who was also a mathematician. Magic is full of such wonders, as you...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 MATBell, Samantha
Contents: Science is fun! -- Obedient eggs -- Ice fishing -- A sticky situation -- Eggstremely strong -- Waterproof handkerchief -- Wandering water.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Birney, Betty G.
Summary: "The students of Room 26 are doing reports about the jobs they want to have when they grow up--and Humphrey the classroom pet hamster helps aspiring magician Miranda show the class about her own dream job"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BIRParks, Amy Noelle
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Lia Sawyer teams up with Beckett--one of the charming Blackwell boys, the latest generation of a rival magic family--to win a stage magic contest and out-con the bad guys.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PARRusick, Jessica
Summary: "Read how famous illusionists fooled their audiences. Then learn how to trick an audience of your own! Follow simple instructions and photos to make cups melt, water bend, and more. Check out all the books in the Super Simple Magic and Illusions series. Soon you'll be mystifying your friends with magic!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.8 RUSBright, J. E.
Summary: Batman and Robin battle the Joker at a charity magic show.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BRIDahl, Michael
Summary: Charlie and Annie find Tyler and the magician Brack on the thirteenth floor of the Abracadabra Hotel, but Charlie and his friends still have to solve the mystery of who is trying to steal the twelve priceless statues of Enrico Endriago which have been locked in room 1308 for fifty years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAHDahl, Michael
Summary: Brack, owner of the Abracadabra Hotel, has disappeared at a critical time, and once again Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu team up to solve the mystery--they know he never left the hotel, but the only clues they have is a few words scrawled on a piece of paper and a clump of fake red hair.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Dahl, Michael.
Summary: Combines two previously published stories, The assistant vanishes, and The trouble with Abracadabra, in which Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu investigate mysterious happenings at the Abracadabra, a hotel for retired magicians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013