Though I have not present this yet - I have practiced waiting for school to start! Quality is exceptional and the pictures are big and perfect for grade school kids! Well made I would highly recommend if you do schools!!

I have always been a fan of props that employ this Farmyard Frolics method, and I am going to use this item, as I feel it's a great reading routine...but I feel this prop could use an update. The graphics seem tired these days, and more colorful illustrations on the books would be a great improvement. Additionally, the flap on the "look, don't see" card fell off immediately on mine, a minor issue to fix, but why?

I plan on using my large format printer to add my own illustrations, but again, updating this prop for today's kids would be a great thing.

If you perform in schools and libraries this is a great trick. It is easy to do and will be a lot of fun for the spectators and also for you to perform. It will last a long time through many uses if well cared for. I still use my original I have had for 6 or 7 years now. I find all the tricks and books by SPS very good and recommend to all.

Samuel Patrick Smith built props based on many years of experience working with children. This is a truly wonderful prop to use for any children's show or library program.

Bookworm ? What's a worm ? What's a BOOK?
This 'thing' - in classic Disney/Hollywood' crap design (in-yer-face obvious) - may become an excellent 'research - prompt' in any modern classroom, under the rubric 'WHAT IS THIS ?'
I can make this 'thing' pop up, pop down. pop in, pop out, and appear on my back all to the delight of children + adults. Yet, what's the point ? I can do these things with heaps of objects. One basic 'point' is, 'folk laugh', it breaks tension, it is interesting, it may become dramatic...etc, as such capers!!!!!
The printed card graphics (including conceptualisations) which comprise 95 per cent of this magic package, are - as other reviewers have noted - out of date... as in 1930's school texts form and design.....and nothing to laugh about...true sphincter-tighteners
I have up-dated this item, excellently packed and sent by Penguin, by selecting and using modern graphics - added cost $30, Plus the efforts in re-thinking how magic performance might operate in modern classrooms.
In a classroom Bob, like a magician or parent, is simply a teacher's-aide: there to promote learning. So, in my view, this item has the potential for an educational A+++ - as it stands, it is a bummer... as dead as the out of date graphics that support it.