The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions Paperback – September 28, 2006

Fun book, great gift

I cannot tell you how pleased I am with this book. I had been loooking for a "science-y" type book to donate to my son's kindergarten class - something to get kids excited about science other than dinosaurs. Well, my son got so excited when he started "getting" the illusions that I literally thought he was going to have a potty accident. He wanted to look at page after page - some of the illusions he got right away and others he didn't really see, but he was not deterred. In fact, the whole family - both parents and 2 kids, looked at the book enthusiastically for much of the night. There are hundreds of excellent photos with nice simple captions. The book is very entertaining and offers a broad array of types of optical illusions. The book does not describe how or why these illusions work, so if you are looking for that, you'll need to look elsewhere. But for a great collection of optical illusions - suitable for your coffee table or your children's classroom, you will not be disappointed. I am going to look at Seckel's other books to buy another!

Bought this book for a Christmas present for my teenage grandson. He loved it and so did everyone else who was reading it. It's definitly a challenge, and has many many illusions!! Great book!!! Worth the money!!!

Got this for my tween daughter for Christmas & she loved it (well, at least it grabbed her attention for about a week or so, which at that age is amazing for any gift!). It really was a conversation starter and was passed around quite a bit during the holiday. Was cool that my 10 yr old, along with myself & the grandparents all found pages in the book of interest - really spans the ages. Book is set up where each page has a different "style" of illusion & it gives the name of what that type of illusion is called. Eye-tricks & hidden pictures on each page was fun to skim through. Great for the price, under $9 shipped.

This is a very solid book with many illustrations of classic illusions.

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So happy to find this book at a great price, used but in great condition. Love this book. A must have.

Kids love it! (I buy for an elementary school library) However, it's so badly made that pages fall out. I first bought it in paperback, and it fell apart. So I bought the much more expensive hardbound version. It lost pages faster than the paperback version. It's pretty wonderful, but DO NOT spend the extra on the hardbound version. Because it is going to start dropping pages......