Henry's Gift: The Magic Eye

by David Worsick, Joyce Harris (Illustrator), Bohdan Petyhyrycz, Jr. (Contributor)

Young Henry, who sees visions where others see only meaningless patterns, undertakes a quest, venturing into the Necromancer's realm. With his staunch companions Byron and Nadia, Henry outwits a giant serpent, defeats a pack of trolls, finds a long-hidden treasure, overcomes the Necromancer, and discovers that he is the rightful heir to the throne. Henry vows to knight Byron and marry Nadia, and "thus the kingdom prospered . . . as anyone with vision could foresee."

The references to vision allude to the "magic eye" illustrations that appear frequently throughout the book. (15 in all)

Genres: Art, Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy

69 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Erik B.K.K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. I love magic eye drawings and the middle ages. This has both. Perfect.

[ピピ · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's a story in the book, likely for those that can't get it to work. But no one cares about that part.

You can either get it to work, or you can't.

I've stared at these things until the stuff you're straing at starts shifting and blurring. I think this was an elaborate prank from Tom Sawyer. Keep starin' you gotta stare reeeeeeel hard.

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

4* for the magic eye pictures, 1* for the awful writing in this book. Good grief it was terrible.

[Emily Mellow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really loved this. Cool magical-knight-adventure story, illustrated with beautiful pictures and a magic eye 3-D scene on nearly every page. My kids got really good at it, but I found it fatiguing to go from reading to magic-eyeing, so I just stuck to the text and let them describe the hidden pictures to me.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Magic Eye pictures with a plot. AMAZING!

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always loved Magic Eye pictures and this book is filled with them.