A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland. While performing in a village pub, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.

Comedy of Terrors: The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devises a murderous scheme that will drum up new "customers" and pay back his landlord at the same time Raven: Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Craven...

Every new discovery made, skill acquired, or lesson learned by a child is like magic. Now kids can proactively create magic themselves with the help of master illusionist Lyn Dillies. Lyn presents budding young magicians with an engaging, entertaining, and easy-to-follow introduction to the world of magic. Features eleven uncomplicated but impressive tricks any child can learn within minutes.

Left to care for his little sister after their parents' passing, a young street magician turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. He is forced to use his magic and a brilliant mind to save his sister when he gets in too deep and she is kidnapped.

Ten-year-old Morten spends his days building a toy ship and trying to avoid the ire of his reluctant guardian, a mean ex-ballerina named Anna, while his father is at sea. Morten hopes to one day be a Captain just like him. After a chance meeting with the inept magician Senor Cucaracha, Morten is magically shrunk down to the size of an insect and trapped aboard the deck of his own toy ship as the room around him floods!

Magician Jonathan Creek teams up with investigative journalist Maddy Magellan to solve some near impossible cases.

Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock full of ideas...

Christmas is coming, and notorious stray pup/escape artist Shelby is once again locked up in the dog pound. But when a spoiled rich kid tries to adopt him for all the wrong reasons, Shelby runs away and hides in the suburban basement of ten-year-old aspiring magician Jake Parker. Now with the frazzled local dogcatcher hot on their tail, can Jake, his siblings and their visiting grandpa, pull off the ultimate magic trick and rescue Shelby, making him...

Ethan Mascarenhas is one of the greatest magicians of his time. Presently hosting a radio show that spreads magic, hope, and laughter through his wit and humor, it is hard to imagine that he has been immobilized with a spinal injury for the last 14 years. Ethan is aided through by his nurse, Sofia D'Souza. Theirs is a love beautiful in its implicit silence and unwavering in its quiet strength. But on the 14th anniversary of his accident, Ethan makes...

Reveals some of the ways a story can be told with music, including music videos and dance. Features the book Abiyoyo, which is based on a South African lullaby with text by Pete Seeger. Reviews other books with related themes.