The curtain opens on the Great Aziz and his beautiful assistant, Zaza and with a flick of a wand he turns a dish into a fish – a wiggling, slippery fish his assistant has to catch.  And so the show progresses with the Great Aziz creating havoc with his magic and Zaza cleaning up the mess.  Finally when Zaza’s wig is turned into a pig, she loses her patience and snatches Aziz’s wand and turns his hat into a bat. Back and forth the wand is snatched until the beans are turned into bears and Aziz and Zaza realize they need to work together.  Aziz pulls out a card and turns it into a cord that they use to tie up the bears.  From then on Zaza and Aziz share the light each night.

The fun play of words throughout make this book an engaging read aloud.  Use it to start a lesson on word ladders or to reinforce word families.