Be a Clown!: The Complete Guide to Instant Clowning

This is a great book for clowns, starting or otherwise. Lots of interesting ideas that warrents plenty of rereading. I have read this over and over again at least six times, and each time, I pick up something new, with spin offs coming from his ideas. The book is written with a informal, easy going style that makes really easy reading too, and the clown nose that comes with the book is a fun perk, though peeling it off damages (Or at least, for me) the book. We've (Zephyhdom, a clown company in Singapore) has used many ideas from this book and have found it useful... I hope you will too!

A very nice book - light, easily read, many photos, with a good insight to the mind & heart of a clown. This lively, humorous handbook covers all aspects of clownmanship, including makeup, funny faces, costume, and props. Encourages the reader to create a clown persona with many photos and suggestions. Several getting-started routines are included. Written by the towering Turk Pipkin, a 6' 7" professional clown. Includes plastic clown nose. The more I read it, the more I like it.

This is a great book to begin with but I am just starting out and don't see this book as being the only book for me. This book is, however, very well written and easy to understand.

i am a kid who is thinking about being a clown i have been buying almost every book on the subject. this is a good book to teach you the fundementals of clowning but dosen't cover what it takes to be a real clown

Encourages the reader to create a clown persona with many photos and suggestions. Several getting-started routines are included. MISSING: he makes wonderful suggestions about creating a flea circus routine but just try to find a book or resource about THAT. It left me wanting MORE!