This book right here, The Magic Misfits,
tell everybody what this is about, and where it's going.
Yeah.
So I wrote a book for-- a middle grade book for kids 8, 9,
up to 89.
It follows a group of kids who love magic, and they wind up--
this boy Carter winds up in a small town.
He's an orphan and he meets like minded kids who enjoy magic.
And there's a purveyor of a magic Shop
in this town named Mr. Vernon.
And they use their skills of magic
to help stop diamonds from being stolen from a carnival owner.
It's the first book of four.
So one will come out a year.
I just finished writing the second one,
and I'm excited by it.
I don't know, it's fun.
Wow.
I think it's fun to be able to write stuff that I want
my kids to be able to read.
And impart some subtle lessons of inclusion and diversity,
and being proud of what makes you unique.
And coming together with your different unique abilities,
and joining forces and cooperation.
I just think those are good things to talk about.
What a great idea.
That's great.
It's at bookstores everywhere.
Everywhere Papa?
Are they everywhere Papa?
Hey Papa.
Where can you get them Papa?
You can get them everywhere Gid.
That's wonderful Papa.
You want to see a trick?
Yes I do.
OK.
So--
I love magic.
This is a deck of cards.
These are actually playing cards you can buy.
They're Neil Patrick Harris playing cards.
They're all-- and the money goes to Red, a great AIDS
organization.
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All different cards.
I'm going to flip through the deck, riffle through the deck
and you say stop.
Stop.
Look at the card.
Uh huh.
I'm going to show the camera.
I don't want to see.
You see it?
Got it?
Yep we all saw it.
You all see it.
You could have picked this card.
You could have picked that card.
I'm going to
do a crazy awesome shuffle that I just learned how to do.
Wait.
I just learned-- hold on.
It's a one handed shuffle, hold on.
I'm not buying this at all.
What was your card?
The one you're going to show me.
No.
What was the card really?
It was four of clubs.
Four of clubs.
Yeah.
Four of clubs.
Correct.
This is a better trick.
I was just talking like cards.
This is a wish list that I made of different things
that I want for Christmas.
The MPH holiday wish list of 2017.
Inside there's a robot dog.
Dying to have a robot dog.
There's Nick Jonas headphones.
Nick Jonas.
There's a whole bunch of things.
Lightsabers.
So here's what I want to do.
I want you to pick something in this.
I have made a prediction over here in a box.
So hold out your hand.
OK.
And I'm going to set this here.
OK.
Lift it up a little bit higher, and pull it closer to you.
Because what I'm going to do, is I
want you to riffle through and look at me.
And when you think you are on the right page,
I want you to just stop.
OK.
All right, so riffle through.
OK.
Well I have to look--
I can't look at you.
Look at me until you think you're on a page that you like,
and stop whenever you think, and then glance at the page.
OK.
And then, perfect.
I've made-- Now I'm going to make it suspenseful,
and I'm going to ask you to give me
some hints as to what this is.
Does this thing that I want, does it have a cover?
It should Papa.
[LAUGHING]
But this thing is not literally the cover,
it's what's more inside the cover.
Yes Papa.
And is this something that everyone can enjoy?
Children could enjoy this as well?
Yes Papa.
They should be supervised, but yes Papa.
OK.
This box has been sitting here this entire time.
For the first time, will you say--
will you let everyone know.
And we haven't planned this.
No.
Will you let everyone know what it was that you picked.
Hot tub.
Truly seriously?
Yes, hot tub.
I have my book.
My magic misfits book, that's what I'm here to promote.
It wasn't hot tube at all.
No, you have your card.
Why would you pick hot tub?
Hot tub doesn't even fit in the box Ellen.
But you said it wasn't the cover,
it was what was in the cover.
Wait a second.
I figured this out.
How?
Wait.
What was your card?
And the four of spades.
Clubs.
Nice.
Oh my God.
That's so good.
Oh my God.
The Magic Mischiefs is available wherever
books are sold right now.