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The Magician's Turban
The magician was out to prove that magic was real and not sleight of hand. “Tricksters are calling themselves magicians. Soon magicians will be called tricksters! I cannot let that happen so tonight I bring you real magic,” he announced. Discover the rest for The Magician’s Turban is a fascinating place to be in!
36 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 11, 2013
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About the author
Gita V. Reddy
54 books89 followersGita V. Reddy writes fiction for both adults and children. Her books for children are written when she takes a break from writing for adults, and vice versa.
She enjoys thinking up tales of different genres and has written historical fiction, women's fiction, and recently has made a foray into regency romance.
For a genre-wise list of her works, please go to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
For children, Gita V. Reddy has written mysteries, adventure tales, fantasy, science fiction, and also a fable. Her published works include novels, short chapter books, short stories, and picture books for different age groups. Two of her short chapter books, Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India. Several of her short stories have been published in Children’s World, India.
In addition to writing, she is interested in art and has illustrated three picture books.
Gita Reddy also writes under the pen names of Heera Datta and Jessica Spencer (for regency romance.)
Ms Reddy is a post graduate in Mathematics. In an earlier life that she voluntarily quit in 2011, she was senior manager in a bank. She lives in Hyderabad, India, with her husband and son.
To know more about her and her writing journey, please visit her website, https://www.gitavreddy.com.
She enjoys thinking up tales of different genres and has written historical fiction, women's fiction, and recently has made a foray into regency romance.
For a genre-wise list of her works, please go to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
For children, Gita V. Reddy has written mysteries, adventure tales, fantasy, science fiction, and also a fable. Her published works include novels, short chapter books, short stories, and picture books for different age groups. Two of her short chapter books, Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India. Several of her short stories have been published in Children’s World, India.
In addition to writing, she is interested in art and has illustrated three picture books.
Gita Reddy also writes under the pen names of Heera Datta and Jessica Spencer (for regency romance.)
Ms Reddy is a post graduate in Mathematics. In an earlier life that she voluntarily quit in 2011, she was senior manager in a bank. She lives in Hyderabad, India, with her husband and son.
To know more about her and her writing journey, please visit her website, https://www.gitavreddy.com.
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November 4, 2021
This deeply cultural story of magic, celebrations and kids in India was kind of interesting for its discussion of marriage customs, more so than the magic. The entertainment magic quickly devolves into fantasy magic. The cultural nature of the fantasy magic was deep enough that it read as unusually strange for this westerner, even though I'm pretty familiar with general Hindu culture. This is intended as a children's book, and might be appropriate for kids learning about India.
November 20, 2017
What a fun little chapter book for kids! For an adult, this was a quick read, but for children learning to read for themselves, this would be a fun book for them to read chapter by chapter. It would also make a fun little book to read aloud to your child.
I think if I would've read this to my children when they were young we would've all founded fun but a little scary. Because it's never truly explained how the boys ended up inside the turban. I think explaining that part to my kids would've been difficult. I'm not sure. Maybe we would've taken it as 'you don't need to follow your curiosity all the time'. That it can be a bit dangerous to do so. But it does point out to use your brain and figure things out and by doing so the boys get free.
And why don't girls get to go on adventures like this?
I think if I would've read this to my children when they were young we would've all founded fun but a little scary. Because it's never truly explained how the boys ended up inside the turban. I think explaining that part to my kids would've been difficult. I'm not sure. Maybe we would've taken it as 'you don't need to follow your curiosity all the time'. That it can be a bit dangerous to do so. But it does point out to use your brain and figure things out and by doing so the boys get free.
And why don't girls get to go on adventures like this?
February 7, 2017
I chose to read this e-book after receiving a free copy from the author. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.
The Magician’s Turban is a short story for older children about two boys who don’t believe that a magician is real. They think he is just a trickster, so the magician uses his turban and his magic to teach the boys a lesson.
This story is creative and easy to read. Although young children could read it, there are a couple disturbing things the boys see that cause me to recommend it to older children.
I have read several of Gita Reddy’s children’s books and they are all ones that children will enjoy.
The Magician’s Turban is a short story for older children about two boys who don’t believe that a magician is real. They think he is just a trickster, so the magician uses his turban and his magic to teach the boys a lesson.
This story is creative and easy to read. Although young children could read it, there are a couple disturbing things the boys see that cause me to recommend it to older children.
I have read several of Gita Reddy’s children’s books and they are all ones that children will enjoy.
August 30, 2016
What a terrific and awesome story of a couple of boys adventures!
I enjoyed this unusual my aero and adventure story and of how they had learned their lesson after not wanting to believe that this one magician that performed a few magic tricks was an actual one indeed and this story tells how this came about. Thus, I would like to recommend this clean,fun mystery with adventure in it for five stars and for kids especially 8-17 years old. I received this ebook for free using KU, now n return, here is my honest review. Super work Gita! By Angela
I enjoyed this unusual my aero and adventure story and of how they had learned their lesson after not wanting to believe that this one magician that performed a few magic tricks was an actual one indeed and this story tells how this came about. Thus, I would like to recommend this clean,fun mystery with adventure in it for five stars and for kids especially 8-17 years old. I received this ebook for free using KU, now n return, here is my honest review. Super work Gita! By Angela
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