Stage magic is one of the few hobbies a seven-year-old can actually be good at. A coin vanish takes an afternoon to learn and a week to make smooth, and the payoff is immediate: a grown-up genuinely cannot figure out where the quarter went. That is the whole appeal, and it is why magic books occupy a strange double shelf in children's publishing — half of them teach the secret, and half of them are stories about kids standing in front of an audience with sweaty palms and one trick they have practiced two hundred times.
Bookroo's collection of 76 magic trick books covers both halves. Our editors picked step-by-step how-to guides, picture books about magicians whose acts go sideways, biographies of Harry Houdini, and chapter series where a kid learns real sleight of hand between plot points. Start with our fixed list of 14 favorites, then browse magic picture books and magic chapter books by age.
Tiny and Pointy enter the school talent show with a disappearing act and a serious case of nerves.
Hattie the rabbit runs a magic show, and every wave of the wand pulls out something you get to guess first.
A trick misfires, the magician is turned into a rabbit, and his assistant has to headline the show.
A magician whose act is failing hires a bear to hide in his hat — then leaves the hat on a train.
Paddington performs a magic trick at a birthday party, and it goes about as well as you would expect.
A poor immigrant boy named Ehrich Weisz reinvents himself as the world's most famous escape artist.
An I Can Read how-to: vanishing coins, rope tricks, and a genie summoned from a bottle.
Mike can't sit still in class, until a hidden magic shop and a coin trick give him something to be good at.
Twenty tricks, taught step by step, plus the history of magic from ancient Egypt to David Blaine.
A boy who fails at every trick meets Harry Houdini, who leaves him a locked box he cannot open.
The straight biography: handcuffs, milk cans, movie roles, and a lifelong campaign against fake mediums.
A hotel full of retired magicians, a vanishing act nobody can explain, and two boys who cannot stand each other.
Six kid illusionists in a New England town take on a carnival boss who is robbing the place blind.
An orphan living inside the walls of a Paris train station repairs an automaton and stumbles onto a forgotten magician.
Top hats, disappearing rabbits, talent-show nerves, and magicians whose acts fall apart in the most satisfying way, for ages 3–8.
A classroom hamster must save a magic trick from disaster.
A talentless first grader faces a bully and a talent show dilemma.
A magician's hat reveals books that turn dreams into reality. What's the true magic?
Unleash your inner magician with interactive tricks that surprise and delight.
A boy seeks everyday magic inspired by his grandpa's wisdom.
Can Arthur outsmart a bully and master his magic tricks?
A dance-off and magic show go awry as Grandma snoozes. Can Ballet Cat and Goat learn to cooperate?
A cat's birthday magic goes awry when birds crash the party. Can chaos be tamed?
A boy and ghost explore a magic shop's secrets, risking the witch's wrath.
A magic box unleashes unexpected wonders and a polar bear pet.
Can Samara help her elephant friend turn blue using imagination and creativity?
New student faces a canceled magic show. Can he save the day with his own tricks?
Magic shops, escape artists, hotel mysteries, and series that hand a reader the instructions along with the story, ages 7–12.
A boy's magic act risks disaster when his true identity is exposed.
A secret mission in London: can he stop a jewel heist and perform magic?
Siblings' magic show reveals family secrets when their long-lost father reappears.
The Misfits face mysterious attacks and a looming showdown with a dangerous magician.
Secrets and danger await as two kids uncover a magical mystery.
A psychic's arrival unveils mysteries for six magical friends in a sleepy town.
A kidnapped mom, a sinister chocolatier, and a legendary tuning fork. Can they save her?
Two siblings travel through time to meet the Great Houdini and learn a secret of greatness.
Can the Magic Misfits stop a sinister ventriloquist before their group unravels?
A boy seeks a lost muse to restore magic and hope to his life.
A cursed coin transports two friends to a perilous world. Can they escape the guards' wrath?
Mike needs magic to prove he's responsible enough to visit the magic shop alone.
