Fay Presto: Making Magic
Presto, Fay: Making Magic
©1993 Reed International Books Ltd
Hardcover, 48 pages
ISBN: 0-8120-9182-5

Also in softcover, perfect-bound

First published in Great Britain in 1993 by
Hamlyn Children's Books Ltd.

First edition for the US and Canada
1995 Barron's Educational Series, Inc.


Fay
              Presto: Making Magic
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Comments: Full color illustrations by Penny Dann. A young person's magic book with some intermediate magic.

Contents  (From book):

4 The World of Magic: tips
6 Your Age Is Your Business: math addition matches
7 Forecasting The News: easy newspaper test
8 Magic Money Spell: extra coin appears in spectator's hand
9 A Word in Your Mind: simple book test
10 In The Pack: two cards inserted into the middle of the deck are instantly retrieved
11 Safe as a Bank: ring from string release
12 Rounds Sharps and Flats: magician knows which cards were swapped
13 Breakfast Magic: cereal poured from an empty box
14 Split in Two: rope through spectator
15 Jangle Bangle: magician removes ring from rope tied between her wrists
16 Cast of Thousands: magician's and spectator's cards make a matching pair
17 Feel That Color: spectator correctly separates reds from blacks without seeing the faces
18 Bright Banana: selected card number matches slices in a banana
19 The Slippery Prisoner: silk escape from glass
20 A Princely Puzzle: cord escape from a cut card
21 You Need Brains: another cut card puzzle
22 Knot a Rope Trick: challenge to knot a rope without letting go of the ends
22 Disappearing Knot: vanishes
23 Frustration: spectator can't match your moves with a rope
24 May the Force Be with You: a card force
25 More Forcing Tricks
25 - I Bet, I Bet, I Bet
25 - Finger on the Pulse
25 - In the Box
26 Vanishing Salt Shaker: in an attempt to penetrate a coin through the table, a salt shaker vanishes
27 Disappearing Coin: the coin fold
28 Magic with Mirrors: making a mirror box
29 Mirror Box Tricks
29 - Vanishing Scarf
29 - Box of Clips
29 Make Your Own Wand
30 Shake the Box spectator can't locate match-box with the matches
31 Signs of the Times: Arrow keeps changing directions
32 Copy Cat Trick: magician and spectator select the same card from their decks
33 A Ropey Trick: equal & unequal ropes
34 Tube Tricks
34 - Making the Tubes
34 - Down the Tubes: silk vanish and reappearance
34 - Water Surprise: water vanishes in tube, then reappears another color
36 The Unbeatable Spoofer: small coin joins another in a glass held by the spectator
37 Cutting the Rope Trick: cut and restored
38 We Have Control: a card control
39 The Amazing Lie Detector: spelling card trick
40 Dicey Dice: challenge with three dice
41 Catch as Catch Can: another dice challenge
42 The Audio-Visual Tactile Illusion: broken and restored thread
44 Putting on a Show - 1
46 Putting on a Show -2
48 Where Do We Go from Here?


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