Rose Wyler (1909–2000)

A classic book from my childhood. Certainly outdated scientifically, but this awakened a love for the solar system and beyond that has never died. And that's what a book like this SHOULD do.

This easy reader book entices kids to read by teaching them something they don't usually get to read about- magic tricks! This book describes both how more difficult tricks are performed, and how to do a ton of easy tricks. The tricks described require simple props, and could be easily performed with a little bit of practice.

A cute book for young magicians. It shows them some neat tricks and how they can do the tricks.

This book did not win any awards. This book would be good for grades first through third because there is a lot of information that this book covers and the text is simple enough for a first grader to understand and it's interesting enough to grab a third grader's attention. This book informs the reader about the sun, the stars and the moon. It tells us little details about each topic. For the sun it talks about which side it rises and sets and why the sky is blue. For the stars it talks show more about constellations and how they are trillions of miles away from earth. And for the moon it discusses the phases of the moon. This book deals with space and science related terms. Before reading this book we would write some space terms on the board to get their minds going about space. Then I will bring in my astronaut puppet to help me read the book for the first graders and I don't know if I would bring him in for the upper grades. After reading we can talk about the constellations and the stars since that's a fun topic. They can draw a night sky and we can talk about all the different types of constellations. show less