Author Description

<p>Middle-grade girls have long been drawn to fortune-telling games, and Wise Gal Tarot introduces tarot and other forms of divination in a playful, thoughtful fashion. The authors combine careful research, a friendly tone, and a fresh, hip design style to create the ultimate smart girl's guide to fortune-telling.<P>Subjects include: tarot, palmistry, dowsing, tasseography (predicting the future through the patterns of tea leaves), the Chinese zodiac, and reading fortunes from campfires (pyromancy), books (bibliomancy), and candle wax (ceromancy).<P>Also included is a full-color deck of 78 tarot cards designed especially for girls.</p>