Tricks of the Trade for Kids FROM THE PUBLISHER
Build a Sandcastle City. Learn to juggle the easy way. How to get in The Guinness Book of World Records. Tips on being a great cheerleader. Do trick shots at the pool table. Throw, skip, twirl, and do amazing things with a Frisbee. Take great vacation photographs. The ten best ways to calm a crying baby. How to do a 360 and aerial on a surfboard. Learn to play "Killer" table tennis.
FROM THE CRITICS
School Library Journal
Gr 5-10-An entertaining collection of inside tips from experts throughout the world. The entries range from 1 to 10 pages in length and are accessed by a table of contents; there is no index. Among other things, children will learn the art of performing magic tricks from Harry Blackstone, Jr.; how to build muscles like Arnold Schwarzenegger's; get advice on coping with the death of their pet from Mister Rogers; learn to draw an animated flip book from Disney's Tom Sito; and find out how to master Monopoly from the inventors of the game. The book is illustrated with more than 100 black-and-white diagrams and whimsical line drawings and is both humorous and informative.-Sylvia Mechnick, Chelsea Public Library, VT
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