The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions

I'm a third grade teacher. I have a reading corner where students can go after finishing an assignment. This book is one of the many books there. For the last 2 weeks since placing this book there, it has been always grabbed up first with many comments such as..."I can't believe how this can work" or " This is amazing!". This is just the reason why I purchased it. My desire is to awaken and feed the desire for learning and discovery in these students and this book is certainly helping!

I let my 13 year old son open this present up early. He is a gamer and stays on his xbox360 and computer as much I will let him. The book drew his interest and he has spent hours figuring out the illusions. I highly recommend this book!

My students love this book. During our "Adventure in a book" time, this book is the first to disappear from my shelves!

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!