Professional Magic for Children

Scarlett Green Publication (2004)

28th Anniversary Reprint Spring 2004

Paperback

245 pages | USA | eng

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Ginn, David: Professional Magic For Children
©1976 David Ginn, GA
Hardcover, 244 pages
©2004 Scarlett Green Publication
Paperback, 244 pages

Comments: Illustrated by Bill Blackard, Photos by Wendell Tudor, Published by Scarlet Green

Contents (From book ToC; updated Feb 2017)
9 Words Before

15 I. Entertaining Children With Magic
17 Chapter 1 - Children and Magic
21 Chapter 2 - Mechanics of the Show
33 Chapter 3 - Dealing with a Children's Audience

41 II. Get 'Em Laughing Early In The Show
43 Chapter 4 - Sucker Tricks
61 Chapter 5 - Running Gags

75 III. Audience Participation Filled With Laughter
77 Chapter 6 - My Version of Dukes' Dye-Version
87 Chapter 7 - Painting By Magic
99 Chapter 8 - Betsy Ross Outdone
111 Chapter 9 - The Clatter Box
127 Chapter 10 - The Snake Can

149 IV. That Element Of Danger
151 Chapter 11 - Arrowhead!
161 Chapter 12 - Houdini's 1919 Stock Escape
179 Chapter 13 - Celebrating the Fourth of July Early
195 Chapter 14 - Disecto!
205 Chapter 15 - Boy to Rabbit

213 V. Magic For That Special Occasion
215 Chapter 16 - Working Birthday Parties

237 Words After

239 Appendix
241 Acknowledgements
244 The Magic Books of David Ginn

1st of 2 copies

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	4491
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:50
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:22:19

Value

Book Condition	Near Mint

Notes

David Ginn

David Ginn
Born David Franklin Ginn June 13, 1946 Atlanta, Georgia

Categories
Books by David Ginn
David Ginn (b. 1946) is a professional kid show magician, who also writes a column in M-U-M.

Biography
He wrote a series about Fantasio's Cane and Candle.

Books
Colorful Magic (1969)
Strictly Visuals (1970)
Fantasio's Cane and Candle Book, Vol. 1 (1971)
New Dove Magic (1972)
Fantasio's Cane and Candle Book, Vol. 2 (1973)
Close-up A-Ginn (1974)
Comedy Warm-Ups for Children Shows (1975)
Professional Magic for Children (1976)
Fantasio's Cane and Candle Book, Vol. 3 (1978)
Sure Fire Magic (1979)
Fantasio's Cane and Candle Book, Vol. 4 (1981)
Fantasio's Cane and Candle Book, Vol. 5 (1982)
Magic and Monsters for Kids I Love (1984)
Almost Unpublished (1987)
Nearly Unpublished (1989)
Partly Unpublished (1993)
Laughter Legacy (1998)

References
Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 71, No. 5, October 1981, David Ginn, MAGICIAN OF THE MONTH, by David Goodsell, page 11
Cover, The New Tops, Vol. 28, No. 3, March 1988, Cover Story: David Ginn, page 42
https://www.ginnmagic.com/