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Water Magic Book and Flash Drive
Book and Art Files about Magic with a Water Theme
Water Magic is Jim's wonderful printed book and show resource. Over 120 pages of great tricks, ideas and routines, all on magic with oceans, fish and water! Swimming pools, beach balls, surfboards and fish are everywhere in the summer. Do you have an ocean-themed magic show ready? Get Jim's book now and you will be all set for this coming summer with dozens of fish and ocean tricks. A beach ball magically changes places with everything in its path! A lady changes into a mermaid right before your eyes! Real water vanishes and reappears in several different ways! Magically catch any color fish the audience wants with your eyes closed! Kids magically match toy fish to fish books without even looking!Dozens of original tricks and routines about the beach, swimming, fishing, water conservation and more. Tons of useable, printable artwork to make tricks. Scores of routines for commercial water tricks with Jim's Tips and Suggestions for them all. Water Facts. Water Jokes. Water Bibliographies (Yes, that means two!) Enough magic to do literally hours and hours of performance. You can find or build several complete shows from this vast collection of tricks. This is Jim's large printed book with more ideas than ever! It was first released in 2010, but only as a CD. Now you get a full-color 120-page paperback book and a credit-card shaped flash drive that works in any USB port. Water Magic, 120 pages + 160 art files and fonts on a credit-card Flash Drive. $45.
Ocean 4-Way Coloring Book
High Quality Magic Coloring Book With Unique Tab SystemA Magic Coloring Book specially designed for shows with a water, sea life, or ocean theme, but usable any time in any show. Blank pages become filled with drawings of fish, mermaids and sea life, then those same pictures become colored with messy scribbles, then magically become neatly colored. Custom-designed and printed, hand-cut with Jim's unique tab system so you can flip through the pages 4 different ways and never move your fingers to the middle or bottom of the book. Heavy white paper with no show-through, sturdy card stock cover in full color, made to last forever, NO tell-tale "magician" art on the cover, changes 4 times. The BEST Coloring Book on the market (Well, except for Jim's Halloween and Christmas 4-Way Coloring Books!) Perfect for 2022 Summer Reading Club Ocean-Themed shows, but use it all year long, any time, in any show, because it looks for all the world just like a real, unfeked, innocent coloring book. Ocean 4-Way Coloring Book - $45
Ocean Plain Coloring Book
A High Quality Plain Magic Coloring Book That Matches the Oceans 4-WayA Plain Coloring Book specially designed to match the Oceans 4-Way Coloring Book. Normal pages are filled with black and white line drawings of fish, mermaids and sea life, the same pictures that are inthe gimmicked book. Heavy white paper with no show-through, sturdy card stock cover in full color, made to last forever. Hand this to a volunteer and present a Do-As-I-Do routine. Your pages color and change, while his always stay the same. Ocean Plain Coloring Book - $25
Kidshow Matters
A Complete Guide to Children's Magic ShowsProbably one of the largest and best books about kidshow magic ever!
Kidshow Matters is 40 essays that teach and explore basic tenets and principles of performing children's magic.
Each important topic is illustrated by a clever and original magic trick that you will love performing. You will learn how kids think, why they applaud and what makes them laugh.
You will learn how to get repeat shows, what makes clients like you and hire you and how you can market yourself better. Make your shows more appealing, entertaining and bookable by studying these rich and important topics.
Michael Close calls Kidshow Matters "One of the most valuable books on the performance of magic ever written."
It's HUGE - 325 pages, 40 chapters, 100 illustrations, dozens of clever new tricks.
Foreword by Max Howard who says, "Kidshow Matters is a book of wisdom, knowledge and kindness, and an invaluable resource."
Kidshow Matters hardcover book - $55
Library Performances
An Audio Guide to Booking & Presenting Library Shows Listen & Learn! Jim presents a wealth of material on how to book and present library performances. Drop this CD in your car and listen on the way to your next show, and you will have a near-complete understanding of all you need to get going in libraries. Jim talks about library directories, interviewing, Friends' groups, using a theme, creating a product to market and much more. Hear six tricks described and presented as examples of what makes library shows workable. Find out about audience sizes, accommodating library needs, promoting books. Discover the incredible secret that will have them begging you to return over and over - the SSA - or Self-Sustaining Act. What is it and how can you use this guiding principle to make yourself unsurpassable in your market? Lots to learn. Listen over and over - it gets better each time. Library Performances - Audio CD $20.
Fantasy Magic
Tricks and Routines for Fairy Tale & Fantasy Magic ShowsFantasy Magic is JimKleefeld’s biggest and best book to date for themed kidshows. Fantasy Magic is stuffed full of new and original tricks with a Fairy Tale and Fantasy theme. It has 75 tricks, 330 pages, 667 illustrations, 75 tricks, 695 art files, 17 pages of jokes, 75 fairy tale and fantasy tricks, a 30-page bibliography of children’s books, 75 tricks, 2 very funny vent routines, 104 fonts, 75 tricks, 46 art folders, and dozens of scripts. Oh, and 75 tricks. It comes on a credit-card sized USB flash drive loaded with one large and impressive pdf book plus 46 folders full of art and fonts.PDF file plus tons of art, shipped on a custom flash drive readable on any computer. Fantasy Magic - flash drive - $59
Fantasy Magic Softcover Book
Just the printed book, no art. This is a printed, published perfectbound version of the book. No art, no digital files, no fonts, just the full text, routines and explanations, all in black and white. It is suitable for those who never print and make up tricks, but want some fresh routine ideas. Fantasy Magic - printed book only - $49
Fantasy Magic Combo Pack
Flash Drive & Printed BookThe same flash drive as above, but combined with a printed paperback book, in case you want to hold and read a physical product. This book is professionally published, perfectbound in softcover. You still get the printable art files on the flash drive. Fantasy Magic - printed book and flash drive - $89
Architecture Magic
E-Book and Art Files about Building and Construction MagicGet ready for 2017 library shows with Architecture Magic, Jim Kleefeld's all new theme show book to help you build a show about building. Tricks with bricks. Tricks with blocks. Construction tricks. Stories about two-story houses. Routines about hammers, ladders, paint, toolboxes, houses, skyscrapers, landmark buildings and more. Hammer out your next program by getting the tools you need to make a great show. Unlike your roof, none of these routines are over your head. Easy to build, easy to perform, and lots of fun magic for kids and families. Audiences will say "You nailed it!" Perfect for creating a magic show about Building A Better World. Architecture Magic is 185 pages with over 50 tricks, ideas routines and props, delivered on a custom Flash Drive along with folders full of original art and fonts. Architecture Magic E-Book on a Custom Flash Drive, for Mac or Windows - $49
Architecture Magic Combo Pack
E-Book and Hard Copy Printed BookGet both the pdf file on a flash drive AND a printed comb-bound paper hard copy of the book. The pdf copy can be read on your computer, or take the hard copy with you to leaf through while you drive to your next show. (Just kidding -- do NOT read the book while driving.) You still get all of the computer files, art and fonts, PLUS a printed copy of the book. The printed book is not available separately. Architecture Magic E-Book on CD, PLUS a Printed Hard Copy - $85
Outer Space Magic
Tricks and Routines for Space Magic Shows Get ready for Library Shows with this great new resource full of space magic tricks. 40 Original Tricks & Routines. 145 Jpeg Files. 20-Page Bibliography of Kid’s Space Books. 115 Space Jokes. 40 Space Fonts. 23 Folders Full of Art. 148-Page PDF. 1 Fantastic Bundle of Fun and Magic. PDF file plus tons of art, shipped on a custom flash drive readable on any computer. $53, flash drive
Outer Space Magic Book
Just the printed book, no art. This is a printed version of the book. No art, no digital files, no fonts, just the full text, routines and explanations. It is suitable for those who never print and make up tricks, but want some fresh routine ideas. $45, printed book ONLY
Outer Space Magic Combo Pack
Flash Drive & Printed Book Get the full pdf book and all computer files on a flash drive, PLUS a printed bound book. For those who still like to handle and read a physical book and also want the art to make the tricks. $80, printed book and flash drive.
Outer Space Magic Show
Watch Jim's Live 2019 Library Magic Show on Outer SpaceWatch Jim's library show that is all about aliens and astronauts and rocket ships and countdowns. Filmed live at a library where Jim returns every year, you will see the Monkey Capsule, Zork the Alien and his Flying Saucer, Crystalized Air From Pluto, Countdown Correction and much more. Many routines and props are direct from Jim's book Outer Space Magic, so you can see how he has put words into action. See exciting magic routines. Get some fresh ideas on presentations for yourself. Following the live 45-minute show, go backstage with Jim on a filmed Explanation Section where he explains his tables, banners, show wraps, and the construction of many of the props. This is not a DVD, but a video file viewable on your phone or computer. You will receive a pdf file via email which contains links to the private video files PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ALONG WITH YOUR PAYPAL PAYMENT.
Outer Space Magic Show sent via email - $40
Sports Magic Show
Watch Jim's Live Library Magic Show on Sports & FitnessWatch Jim's library show all about sports and fitness. Filmed live at a library where Jim returns every year, you will see the Rope Relay, Book Race, Sports Choice, Vanishing Basketball, Shark Attack,Cut and Restored Jump Rope, and much more. Many routines and props are direct from Jim's book Sports & Fitness Magic, so you can see how he has put words into action. Follow along with fun exciting routines. Get some fresh ideas on presentations for yourself. Following the live 45-minute show, go backstage with Jim on a filmed Explanation Section where he explains his tables, banners, show wraps, and the construction of many of the props. This is not a DVD, but two video files on a CD which can be viewed on almost any Mac or Windows computer.
Sports Magic Video Disc - $40
Library Die Box
License & DIY Kit for a Beautiful PropBlow your library and school audiences away with this beautiful prop and wonderful routine. It's the Die Box taken to a whole new kidshow level. You display a Carnegie-style library building with brick work, marble columns and golden brass sign. Open the doors and inside is a large block of book characters nestled in among well-stocked library shelves. You remove the block and show the children that is is adorned with pictures of their favorite characters from literature. Youy place the character block into a House - just like kids take home their library books. Then you return the block to the library (just as the kids return their books). Magically the block vanishes from the library and in its place are empty bookshelves. Tip the building back and forth as you close one set of doors and open another - the library seems empty. But wait! The kids think you are letting the block slide back and forth. Finally you throw open both front doors and the two parts of the roof. The characters are gone - vanished completely. You reach into the House and produce the block of book characters to return it to the library.
This wonderful prop and routine is easy to make following Jim's careful illustrated instruction book. Best of all, ALL OF THE ARTWORK YOU NEED is included on the disc. Plans and art include the Library, the Block, the Shell, the House and an extra Apartment Building. Cut a few pieces of wood and glue them together - print the artwork and glue it to the wood. Voila! You have made your very own Library Die Box. OR, you can take the easier route and simply modify your own commercial Die Box with Jim's art.
Based on an idea by Tommy Johns and masterfully created by Jim Kleefeld, the Library Die Box Kit is a project you will love to make and really enjoy using in any show for schools or libraries. Jim even includes his complete scripted routine. You get a CD with a full-color 28-page instruction manual, over 150 art files that allow you to make a Library Die Box, House and Apartment in any of three different sizes, and the rights to make one unit for your own use. Manufacturing Rights Reserved by Jim Kleefeld. SPECIAL BONUS: Also included is a 7-minute audio file of Tommy Johns performing and explaining his marvelous routine for the Library Die Box.
Library Die Box - Project Plans, Artwork & License to Create - $100
Sports & Fitness Magic
Sports & Fitness Tricks for Fitness Magic ShowsPerfect Routines for Library Summer Reading Club Shows
The latest in Jim's long and successful line of e-books for themed magic shows. Jim's book is chock full of exciting ideas on sports to spark your imagination. Hold a hilariously funny Rope Relay Race. Watch kids compete in the Activity Contest. Cut a playground jump rope into a dozen pieces and magically restore it. Turn your standard props into Fitness, Nutrition and Exercise magic props. Sports & Fitness Magic is 168 pages on disc and includes over 200 pieces of original art, one audio file, and over 50 fonts. All of the art is yours to use. Print and make up dozens of tricks and get your library shows off to a running start. On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Create a Fitness Magic Show! Sports & Fitness Magic E-Book & CD with Art Files and Audio File - $49 (Note-if you do not have an optical drive, contact Jim for an alternative file delivery system.)
Sports & Fitness Magic Combo Pack
The read-it-anywhere package
If you are one of those people who like to hold a printed book in your hands, get the Sports & Fitness Magic Combo Pack. It includes the full book on disc, plus all of the art files and others mentioned above, plus a spiral-bound softcover copy of the book that you can take with you and read anywhere. The printed version is not available separately. Sports & Fitness Magic Softcover Book & CD with E-Book, Art & Audio Files - $80
Hero Magic
SuperHero Tricks for Hero Magic ShowsPerfect Routines for Library Shows
The exciting new theme magic show book all about heroes! With dozens of tricks, routines, and ideas for Summer Reading Club Magic Shows with a Hero theme. Tricks with SuperHeroes, comic book characters, police officers and firefighters, doctors, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Mom & Dad (They are the REAL heroes in many kids’ lives!) and more. Includes over 100 pieces of artwork you can use to make up these tricks and tricks of your own. Plus, for the first time, specialized audio recordings that make up part of a great trick. A complete 125-page e-book on CD with folders of art, fonts, audio tracks and more. Over 30 tricks and routines, loads of fonts and artwork and a thorough bibliography of kid's books about heroes. Hero Magic E-Book & CD with Art Files and Audio Files - $45
Hero Magic Combo Pack
The read-it-anywhere package
Want the ease of reading an actual printed routine instruction manual? Get Hero Magic in this special combo pack that includes both the full e-book on CD with all of the folders full of art and fonts, plus a printed and comb-bound paper hard copy. Now you can read it in your easy chair and then go print up some new tricks on your computer. The printed version is not available separately. Hero Magic Softcover Book & CD with E-Book, Art & Audio Files - $80
Fizz, Boom, Read Projects are individual tricks, routines and materials to help you create your Fizz, Boom, Read Magic Theme Show. Each project is complete with all the instructions, art and files you need, and is sent to your email electronically. No physical disc to buy! No large book to wade through! Buy one, or several, or all of them for a complete show! They are thorough, professional, clever and created especially for magicians who want to present a themed library show in Summer of 2014. Best of all, Fizz, Boom, Read Projects are just $10 each.
Fizz Boom Read Magic Show
Live Fizz Boom Read Magic Show on DVD
Just Released! Be amazed and amused watching Jim's 2014 summer library show Fizz Boom Read with this live performance DVD. The Fizz Boom Read Magic Show is taped live at a library and shows Jim's clever new science-themed magic program, chock full of fun and books and magic. With clever new and original tricks and routines, funny adaptations of some standards, and his creative spin on just about everything. You will see: Amazing Multiplying Atoms, Confusing Colors with a Twist, I Scream Flavors, The Proper Solution, Find the Scientist, Gravity Defined, Density Explained, and more! This DVD is a full production of a 45-minute show, with additional explanations, tips and suggestions.Fizz Boom Read Magic Show 75-minute DVD $40.
Dig Into Magic
E-Book and Art Files about Magic with DiggingJim's all new book especially for Library Shows. Dozens of tricks and routines. Hundreds of artwork files. Original tricks. Commercial trick routines. Ideas, suggestions, inspiration and more. Change a digger's hard hat to a selected color. Magically discover the color of an unearthed Grecian urn. Have a Mole Coloring Contest. Have a spectator magically find a gold nugget. Mark the burrowing animal that a child thinks about before he tells you. Instantly dig up a pirate treasure from a deserted island. Includes full tricks and routines about nature's digging animals, pirates' buried treasure, archaeologists secret finds, and more. A huge section on jokes and humor with moles, miners, tunnels, bulldozers and more. A full bibliography, and one of the funniest vent routines ever written. Lots more. Get started on your Dig Into Magic Show today. Dig Into Magic E-Book on CD, for Mac or Windows - $45
Dig Into Magic Combo Pack
E-Book and Hard Copy Printed BookWant the ease of reading an actual printed manual? Get Dig Into Magic in this special combo pack that includes both the full e-book on CD with all of the folders full of art and fonts, plus a printed and bound paper hard copy. Now you can read it in your easy chair and then go print up some new tricks on your computer. The printed version is not available separately. Dig Into Magic E-Book on CD, PLUS a Printed Hard Copy - $80
Dream Big Magic Show
Live Dream Magic Show on DVD
Brand New! Be amazed and amused watching Jim's 2012 summer library show Dream Big Magic with this live performance DVD. Dream Big Magic is taped live at a library and shows Jim's clever new dream-themed magic program, chock full of fun and books and magic. With clever new and original tricks and routines, funny adaptations of some standards, and his creative spin unjust about everything. You will see: The Fantastic Dream Silk Production in Black and White & Full Color; Alice In Wonderland's Tricky Drink This Bottles; Verdi's Python Race; New Caps Sold Here Today; Mickey's Dream Trip Around the World; The Fantastic Audience Volunteer Rock Star; Vanishing Hank Aaron Sports Cards and The Magically-Filled Collector's Book; My Favorite Books Full of Dreams; and The True Story of the Wacky Wolf. This DVD is a full production of a 50-minute show, with titles and chapter markers, and a forty-minute explanation section where Jim explains all of the ideas and routines, as well as many of the original props. Dream Big Magic Show 90-minute DVD $40.
Dream Magic
E-Book and Art Files about Magic with DreamsJust the thing for kidshow performers who want to produce a magic show about dreams, dreaming, sleep and bedtime. Dozens of tricks and routines. Hundreds of artwork files. Original tricks. Commercial trick routines. Ideas, suggestions, inspiration and more. Produce dream and nightmare figures. Have a volunteer magically discover your secret dream. Show your dream food and change it to something altogether different. Let a helper pick your secret dream. Magically vanish a tooth under a pillow and then produce cash from the Tooth Fairy. Includes a resource section, section on jokes and humor, full bibliography, not one, but TWO great vent routines, and lots more. Get started on your Dream Magic Show today. Dream Magic E-Book on CD - $40
World Magic
E-Book and Art Files about World Culture Magic Shows Jim's latest resource book for kidshow workers who want a themed magic show. World Magic is a gigantic reference book full of tricks, routines, tips, ideas, suggestions, fonts, art, and more. Over 200 pages long! Over 1200 art files included on the disc! (No, that is not a typo - there really are over a thousand art files on the disc!) Everything you need to create a magic show with a World Theme! Thee are dozens of tricks about the world, the earth, the globe and world maps. There are dozens of tricks created to represent a specific country. What better way to get more shows than having a themed magic show about the world and its wide variety of people and cultures? World Magic has that in spades! - Huge sections on Original Tricks! - Commercial Trick Reviews! - Routines for Standard Props! - Children's Book Bibliography! - Flags and Maps of Every Country in the World! - Custom Created Original Art Files! - Kleefeld Tips and Suggestions for Dozens of Tricks! - Over 40 Fonts you can use! - Original tricks and routines created especially to represent England, China, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Africa, Japan, India, Russia, Brazil, Australia, Scotland, Mexico and more! And if you really want to impress your library clients next summer, check below for Entitled, the customized banner especially made to go with your World Magic show! It's more than a banner - it's also a great trick you can use in your World Magic show! World Magic eBook in pdf format on CD, - $49.
The Route to Routining
Kidabra Lecture Series
Not just lecture notes, but a full 70-page e-book on CD that gives you all the direction you need to routine your show. You will earn how to structure a show, how to sequence tricks, several ways to make transitions, and other important ideas that will greatly improve your show. In addition, there are several great tricks, including The Chinese Baker Story, Invisible Irma The World's Strongest Canary, Fishing For Books and The Rope Inspector. A separate section shows 25 complete show trick lists that Jim has used to create different shows, so you can see exactly what makes up a good sequence of tricks in a show. The Route to Routining eBook on CD, Mac or PC compatible $25.
A Splash of Magic
Live Water Magic Show on DVD
The Theme File
Save $80 on Nine Theme Magic E-Books On One Flash DriveHere is the most economical way to buy tons of Theme Show Magic! Now you can get all nine of Jim's theme magic books on a safe and convenient flash drive. A fabulous way to have, store and save a collection of Jim Kleefeld magic show theme books. You get the complete books and all of the art and fonts neatly collected, organized and stored on a safe USB flash drive. Includes six of Jim's phenomenal summer library theme show books: Bug Magic, Be Creative @ Your Shows, Water Magic, Dream Magic, World Magic and Dig Into Magic, plus the two seasonal books Halloween Magic and Christmas Magic, and a bonus book on how to theme routines for The Arabian Tent Illusion. Nine full complete e-books with all the pages, all the text, and all the illustrations, in pdf format to be be opened and read on any computer. In addition, all of the original art folders with thousands of jpegs and pdfs, plus all of the original fonts are included. Over 1000 pages of tricks and routines! Over 3000 pieces of reproducible artwork! Enough themed kidshow magic to last you a lifetime. Besides the safety and convenience of having it all in one place, you save $80 over buying all of these books separately. That's like getting two of the books free! The Theme File on Flash Drive - $275
Free Shipping! If purchased separately, Jim will refund your shipping costs for The Theme File.
Flash Dozen
Thirteen Kleefeld Books on a USB Drive (+ a Bonus)Flash Dozen! What a package! What a buy! Imagine getting more than a dozen great books and saving $200 in the process! Jim Kleefeld is now offering 13 - that's right, a Baker's Dozen - of his best and most exciting books, including Jim's newest one Pick Me! Pick Me!, sold above for $30. Flash Dozen comes to you on a flash drive with 13 books in convenient pdf format. You not only get Jim's best and most creative ideas, you also get all of the art and fonts. Each of the books is complete, just the way you would get them if you ordered each separately, but you save a bundle by ordering the package! You get The Arabian Tent, Be Creative @ Your Shows, Bug Magic, The Contract Book, Creativity Shows, Eclectic Collector, Lewis & Clark, Magic Around the World, Magic Workshop, Magishing Stuff, Pick Me! Pick Me!, Rope Inspector and Water Magic all on one small portable flash drive. Read them with Acrobat Reader or any program that opens pdf files. Or print a copy of each book, read it and store it on your bookshelf. Don't forget, you also get all of Jim's trick instructions and artwork to make hundreds of tricks. It's a master library of kidshow routines. For more information, read the descriptions of the books below. (but don't order them individually - save a lot of cash by ordering Flash Dozen!) You get over 700 pages! Over 500 art files! Over 80 fonts! Over $425 worth of books, but priced at only $225. Get this complete Jim Kleefeld collection only right here. Save over $200! Special Bonuses: You also get an hour's worth of music - Jim's specially commissioned soundtrack with 25 old world music tracks for The Lewis & Clark Program, PLUS! The Dutch translation of Jim's The Volunteer Book, PLUS! an incredible trick manuscript, The Rope Inspector. This easy, funny routine has been Jim's signature effect for 30 years. One piece of rope, 3 effects, 2 volunteers, 7 minutes of fun. No prep, no reset, work any time anywhere for stage, stand-up or close-up, children or adults. Flash Dozen - 14 books, 700 pages + 600 art files and fonts + 25 music tracks, all on one USB Flash Drive. $225.
Pick Me! Pick Me!
Everything You Need to Know About Using Volunteers
Pick Me! Pick Me! is the complete guide to using volunteers in your act. Audiences love to see one of their own step forward to help a magician. But sometimes a volunteer can destroy a trick, a routine or your reputation. Picking the right person to help and making the most of their assistance is a tricky proposition. Now you can have special inside knowledge, garnered from Jim's psychology background and years of experience.You will learn how to prepare your show and props, what to plan for and how to choose the right person to make your show a sparkling success.
You will learn how to accurately estimate age and ability levels of spectators, how pre-show scanning can almost guarantee success.
You will walk through a practical sequence of steps that will help you get a person into your act and back into the audience in the most positive way.
Assigning Meaningful Tasks, Selecting Equitably, Presenting Rewards, Cueing for Applause - those topics and more are all covered thoughtfully and thoroughly and accompanied by delightful illustrations.
BONUS! Included free on every disc is Jim's signature routine, The Rope Inspector. This six-minute routine is laugh-filled, exciting and very magical. It involves two volunteers (or more), and plays for anyone, anywhere. The Rope Inspector uses one piece of rope, resets instantly, is workable and funny, suitable for all ages from little kids to older adults. You can do it in virtually any setting, with a few or a lot of people, surrounded or on stage. And it is really funny. It is the perfect example of how to use volunteers and a great companion to Pick Me! Pick Me! Pick Me! Pick Me!, 50 page pdf file on CD-ROM. $30.
Live Be Creative Magic Show
Live Performing Arts Magic Show on DVDThis DVD is a full production with a live taped show, titles and chapter markers, and a hefty explanation section where Jim explains all of the ideas and routines, as well as many of the original props. Be Creative Show on DVD $35.
Be Creative At Your Show
E-book and Art Files about Performing Arts.Individual tricks, routines for tricks, ideas for tricks and more. You even get creative looking fonts to install and use in your advertising, plus Jim's original art creating two brand new tricks. Art files for Pick A Star and Music Temple Screen are both included as JPEG files on the CD. Get yours today and get started being creative! Be Creative @ Your Show E-Book, with Fonts and Art Files $20.
Creativity Shows!
E-book and Art Files about Being Creative Jim's brand new book,Creativity Shows! is chock full of exciting new ideas on how to make your show more creative. Chapters on developing creativity and working with props begin the exploration. Learn how to change tricks by changing the patter, by embellishing and by redesigning. Following that are sections on creativity methods and tools with several suggestions and ideas that will save you immeasurable time and money. The bulk of the book includes tried and tested tricks and routines from Jim's immense repertoire. Well illustrated in full color are many projects, designs and tricks with full explanations and routining.As incredible as this collection of information and ideas is, what really makes this project special is Jim's inclusion of almost 200 original art files. Because the book is in electronic version, all of these jpeg files are included with the book for your use. Yes, you can actually print and make dozens of tricks with Jim's clever handling and original artwork. Manufacturing rights for all of the tricks are reserved, but you can make and use these clever original tricks yourself in your shows. You will be amazed when you see how many tricks there are, and how much art is included. Most of the tricks are very easy to make by simply printing the art files and enjoying an afternoon's work with glue and scissors. Get yours today and get started being creative! Creativity Shows E-Book & 190 Art Files on CD $50.
Buggy About Books DVD
Live Magic Show About Bugs on DVD
Buggy About Books is an insect-themed library show. It is a fun-filled fast and educational program about bugs of all kinds. Many book and author references make this ideal for library shows and school shows on reading, but with a couple of repeat viewings you will be able to port this into a school science show. See some amazingly original ideas including an appearing hive of bees and honey jar, ants who tunnel out a message in the dirt and kids who magically match bugs and books without even looking. Even if you never have to do a magic show about insects, you will be delighted with Jim's clever and original thinking on the many new and unique tricks included here. Well worth it besides, just to see how a professional show is carefully routined with a strong theme and smooth linking transitions between effects. Live Show on Disc, 60 min DVD. $35.
Bug Magic
Do you want to present a strong educational program about science, insects and reading? You can get started right now with Jim Kleefeld's Bug Magic.
A great e-book filled with two dozen great new tricks, routines & ideas for magic with an insect theme.
* Helpers magically choose a bug book and a bug puppet that match! * Ants tunnel out a prediction message! * Bees fly out of the hive with a volunteer's selected flower! * A Tarantula magically finds its missing mate! * Bees and a jar of honey are produced from an empty hive! * Invisible fireflies are collected and turned into a light bulb! * A silkworm magically fills his home with yards of silk! * Butterflies appear in an empty net! * Earthworms grow and shrink in size! * plus more, more, more!
In addition to the pdf book on CD, you'll get * Complete directions on how to make numerous insect tricks. * Over 75 original pieces of artwork to create your own tricks. * Over 80 large royalty-free insect photos. * Over 15 nifty bug and insect fonts. * Several bug fact sheets. * Four pages of bug jokes and gags. * Resources for bug magic tricks, bug puppets, & bug props. * Huge fiction and non-fiction bug bibliographies.
E-book and Art Files About Magic With Insects
Trick, Resource & Idea CD with Art Files. $40.
The Dog-Gone GOOD Magic Show DVD
Jim's Dog-Gone GOOD Magic Show is a perfect example of how to produce a theme magic show. Jim uses Pet Store Pranks, The Thing, Monkey Monte, the Floating Table and more. He weaves these tricks and more into a solid show built around the theme of "Animals." Studying Jim's routines and show structure can teach you how to use clever adaptations, smooth transitions and blended humor to strengthen your show. Parents, librarians and children all over have highly praised this show as fabulous entertainment.
Watch as Jim uses commercial and original magic in an exciting and entertaining program that has played hundreds of times and has enchanted and delighted thousands of spectators. See how well Jim handles children, draws in the adults in the audience, and provides his clients with a quality event. It is particularly fascinating to see how Jim has taken commercial effects and adapted them to fit his theme and his style. Join kidshow performers from all over the world who have benefitted from Jim's lectures, training and expertise in crafting a theme show. Live Show on disc, 60 min DVD. $35.
Reading Is Forever DVD
Live Non-Fiction Reading Show on DVD
Jim's Reading Is Forever program is a fine example of how to produce a school assembly program. It is bright, colorful, and fast-paced, yet it clearly leads children to discover and remember educational objectives. Each routine cites a specific example of a reading life-skill, and yet they all blend together into a single smooth program. Teachers, principals, PTA/PTO presidents and children all over have praised this show as fun, important and fabulously entertaining.Using both commercial and original magic, Jim transforms carefully selected tricks and effects into educational routines. See the Compass Trick, Bookworms, Newspaper Tear, a Dove Pan and more transformed into meaningful stories that each combine a magical ending with a valuable lesson. You will garner some terrific performing and show structure tips from one of the country's top school show professionals. Live show on disc, 60 min DVD. $35.
Dragons and Dreams DVD
Live Medieval Wizard Show on DVD
Jim Kleefeld presents his Wizard Magic Show to libraries and schools all over Ohio, and now you can watch. Look, study, and learn as this master performer demonstrates a fun-filled program that entertains children as it promotes reading. The many book and literature references make this show a hit with libraries, and the great comedy and audience participation make it a hit with children and their parents.Dragons & Dreams is a perfect example of how to produce a themed magic show. Jim uses Crown Jewels, Wizard Hat Tear, D'Lites and more in a clever homage to fantasy literature. His Attaboy Knight routine is very novel and Dragon Egg Wizardry is truly a unique individualized prop, custom created just for this show. Jim's hilarious closing puppet dialogue with a literature-quoting, smoke-blowing dragon has to be seen to be believed. Parents, librarians and children all over have highly praised this show as one of Jim's best.
Watch as Jim blends old and new magic, & adds original creations into an exciting and entertaining program that has enchanted and delighted thousands of spectators. See excellent examples of how to handle children, draw in the adults in the audience, and assure clients of a quality event. It is particularly fascinating to watch how Jim uses transitions from one effect to another to create a show that flows effortlessly toward a fabulous conclusion. Live show on disc, 60 min DVD. $35.
Reading Is Magic DVD
Live Reading Show on DVD
Join a Master Educator and Magician on this wonderful school assembly tour and watch him perform his complete elementary school assembly program on reading. Jim is a top educator with a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education. He has taught elementary and college students, and both mentored and supervised teachers. In addition, Jim has a degree in theater and many years of full-time professional magic experience. This wealth of background and experience gives Jim a unique perspective on school shows.Reading Is Magic This program is more than just a "magic show," and more than just an "assembly program." It is a clever combination of fun and education that weaves specific books and authors into magical plots. Jim explores books like The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Caps for Sale, and Alice in Wonderland. He teaches vocabulary like "redundant," "dialogue," and "residue." He defines and shares genres of literature and clarifies the difference between fiction and biographies. He explains the use of "graphic organizers," an educational teaching tool used in classrooms. All this and more is woven into a program that has kids shouting, clapping, and laughing while they learn.
Watch as Jim blends old and new magic, & adds original creations into an exciting and entertaining program that has enchanted and delighted thousands of spectators. See excellent examples of how to handle children, draw in the adults in the audience, and assure clients of a quality event. It is particularly fascinating to watch how Jim uses transitions from one effect to another to create a show that flows effortlessly toward a fabulous conclusion. Live show on Disc, 60 min DVD. $35.
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Jim Kleefeld
Magical Entertainer
33510 Jennie Road
Avon, Ohio 44011-2042
(440) 937-5488
