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Peter Eldin
Peter Eldin (born 1939) is a British author. He has written almost two hundred books; most of them are non-fiction for young people.〔Vang, Maikue. Something About the Author. (Facts and Pictures About Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People Volume 154 ). Detroit, Mich: Gale, 2005.〕 According to WorldCat there are "132 works in 188 publications in 12 languages and 8,912 library holdings."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/viaf-35050257 )〕 He writes mainly on factual material, fun (puzzles, quizzes, jokes, and games) and magic for children, and has also edited magic magazines ''The Magic Circular'' and ''Abracadabra'', and written scripts for TV shows including ''The Weakest Link''.〔"Children's Writer At School", Derby Evening Telegraph, 18 March 2003, p 9 (via Nexis UK)〕〔T Shaw, "Time for a good book", Telegraph, 20 January 1987 (via Nexis UK).〕〔
==Books for children==
He is best known for the series of humorous instructional books for children such as ''The Trickster's Handbook'' (1976), ''The Secret Agent's Handbook'' (1977) and ''The Whizzkid's Handbook'' (1979), full of tricks, games, puzzles, and advice, with illustrations by Roger Smith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://biography.jrank.org/pages/918/Eldin-Peter-1939.html )〕 The following gives a brief flavour of these works: "tell your friends you can kiss a book 'inside and outside' without opening it - then prove it by kissing the book while standing outdoors ... and then indoors. Something semiserious? Baffle your buddies with vanishing water or instant indoor rainbows."〔W E Butterworth IV, "Books for all topics", ''Boy's Life'', November 1991, p16〕 The series was adapted for television in 1980 as ''The Whizzkids Guide'' starring Kenneth Williams, Rita Webb and Arthur Mullard as overgrown schoolchildren.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081962/ )〕〔Christopher Stevens ''Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant'', Hachette UK, 2010〕 Williams said "the script is full of corny gags which actually make me laugh".〔Kenneth Williams, ''The Kenneth Williams Diaries'', ed Russell Davies, HarperCollins UK, 1994〕
School Library Journal called ''The Magic Handbook'' "an excellent standard source for magical tricks and advice for most children's library collections for many years to come."〔Craighton Hippenhammer, "Review: The Magic Handbook (Book)". School Library Journal; Aug86, Vol. 32 Issue 10, p91.〕 His book ''Magic'' (1998) has also received praise as an informative history of magic.〔Daigneault, Audrey I., "Reference books & nonfiction series", Library Talk, 1043237X, Mar/Apr98, Vol. 11, Issue 2.〕 ''The Spookster's Handbook'' (CIP Sterling, 1989) is "an entertaining little gem that's chock-full of zany ideas for Halloween", including haunted house ideas, optical illusions, tricks, and riddles, aimed at kids, parents, teachers, and group leaders.〔Chamberlin, Leslie, "Review: The Spookster's Handbook (Book)". School Library Journal; Mar90, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p226〕
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