Is magic the same as a trick? Why or why not? You may want to start with Houdini’s bio in the back of the book to give the kids the idea of his life (introductory part is helpful, you don’t have to read the whole bio).ĭo you believe in magic? Are magicians’ tricks real or are they illusions? There is a magic trick the kids can try as well.ĭefinitely read the last author's note about what he found when he visited Houdini's grave. A mysterious, locked box is the only answer, and Victor is left to wonder: Does the box contain the secrets of the most famous magic tricks ever performed?Īt the end, the author writes about Houdini and how the author wrote and illustrated the book. Then - amazingly - he meets his idol and begs Houdini to explain himself. Victor is forever trying to escape from locked trunks, to walk through walls, and to perform any number of Houdini's astonishing magic tricks.without success. Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) "The Houdini Box" runs Tuesday to March 4 at the Mercury Theater, then March 14-25 at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie chicagochildrenstheatre.Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up. Now he finally sees one made from his own ideas. Selznick has seen a lot of shows in Chicago over the years.
He has long friendships with Leslie Buxbaum Danzig and Adrian Danzig of 500 Clown, the company that helped introduce Selznick to Russell. It turns out that the world of Chicago theater is not unfamiliar to Selznick. "Everything is about the story I am trying to tell." "Besides knowing that I'm not going to curse and that there will be no sex, I'm really not thinking about kids when I write," he said. "I must have read this book aloud, like, 5,000 times," he said.
Selznick has taken it to a lot of classrooms. The book has proved popular over the years at one point, pretty much every schoolkid in Texas was reading it. In "The Houdini Box," a kid gets to meet the great escapologist (kids invariably do remarkable things in the Selznick oeuvre).
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