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readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
5.0
Fascinating story! Magic is a topic that intrigues so many readers, I think this one will pull them in for sure! Great to use to explore character traits, as well.
orangerful's review against another edition
5.0
Just fantastic - a true story of an amazing women who performed magic for 60 years! Gorgeous illustrations and short, to the point text makes this a great book for a read-aloud or for early elementary school students.
Just have your "How to do magic tricks" book ready to go after they read this because it is sure to inspire them!
Just have your "How to do magic tricks" book ready to go after they read this because it is sure to inspire them!
theybedax's review against another edition
4.0
Amazing story about a woman who couldn't be anything but her shockingly, magically wonderful self!
jshettel's review against another edition
5.0
Where are the great Women of Magic? Why are all the great magicians men? This book tells the long-lost story of Adelaide Herrmann who - even in the 1930's - wasn't afraid to do what no other woman had done before! My one criticism of this book is that it doesn't tell the reader what time frame this took place.
nerfherder86's review against another edition
5.0
The little-known story of Adelaide Herrmann, who married a magician, Alexander Herrmann, and assisted him in his show for years. But upon his death, she carried on with the show and turned into a very successful magician in her own right. She performed for 65 years! Excellent author's note explains this, as well as how her autobiography was never published and the manuscript lost, until a modern woman magician, Margaret Steele, and magician-historian James Hamilton searched for it and published it in 2012, reintroducing the world to Adelaide. That was the main source for this book, along with two articles and emails with Steele. This is a GORGEOUS book, I absolutely adore the illustrations as well as learning about this early female magician pioneer. The pictures are big, bold, stylized, cartoony yet realistic (meaning, no outsized heads or caricatures) with white outlines around some characters to highlight them like paper-doll cutouts and frame the scenes. The illustrations are also all full-color, two-page spreads, big and bold like Adelaide, who never wanted to be ordinary--she wanted to AMAZE! and ASTONISH! and this picture book certainly does too.
michelle_neuwirth_gray9311's review against another edition
5.0
I found the story fascinating and the illustrations awesome. Their bold color and style perfectly suited the subject matter. A great read!
jennybeastie's review against another edition
4.0
Really nice combination of showy typography and biography -- quite a straightforward and simply told bio of Adelaide Herrmann, but the book is anything but ordinary inside, as well.
libscote's review against another edition
4.0
I've been going through a phase of reading picture book biographies about women who were first in their fields, but are not as famous as they should be. This is another excellent one about that topic. Adelaide Herrmann was an excellent magician but she has been all but forgotten. This story will help introduce her to audiences and hopefully make lots of kids want to practice magic.
melaniegaum's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the way the words were presented and all the people's costumes, but the faces bothered me.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating biography of a female magician I bet most people haven't heard of, accompanied by an interesting illustrative style.