Safety magic for children
Karl Wagner
Hardcover
(D. Ginn, March 15, 1991)
Award-winning author David Ginn produced this book which highlights Karl Wagner's many years of performing over 10,000 child safety shows. This is the first "textbook" that provides insight and guidance for a magician who plans to enter this unique field of magic. Not only does Karl offer you dozens of kidshow routines that are both FUN and FUNNY, but he teaches you how to inject safety messages (or ANY messages) into many standard tricks and routines. You'll enjoy reading Karl's patter and stories, plus his philosophy of getting the safety message across to children using magic as the hook as well as his real life examples. In these pages you'll find enough material to create several complete shows; but if you use only one or two routines, you'll be a winner with parents and teachers. Furthermore, Safety Magic for Children teaches you how to WORK with CROWDS of children from a man who has "been there." Karl's love of children, his energy and his positive approach will all serve to inspire you in your own kidshow work on performing safety-message magic. Contents include Safety First; Opening Grabbers; Stop Light Safety; Street Safety; School Yard Equipment; School Bus Safety; Strangers May Hurt You; Bicycle Safety; Shoelace Safety; Police Image; Safety Rules; Poison Can Hurt or Kill; Safety Games; Safety Posters; Sample Programs and Sources and more and more. Hardbound; 320 pages; 100 photos, 96 line-drawings.