Growing up as a lover of books, it was always a magical feeling when you found a favorite book series. A great book is hard to come by, but then great subsequent books are gold! In 2017, we reviewed the first two books in a great series that J just loved! This time we were given the third and fourth books in the series The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls by M.J. Thomas from WorthyKids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. This time around was a little more exciting because miss Z was ready to start reading the series on her own so we pulled the first two out for her!
The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows Peter, his sister Mary and their dog Hank as they journey back in time to critical moments in Biblical history through ancient scrolls they find and must solve. Through these journeys, the siblings get a fly on the wall view of God's power and plan with the help of their uncle Solomon and Michael the archangel. In the first two books they witnessed the Creation and Noah building the ark. The next two books follow chronologically as well.
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The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows Peter, his sister Mary and their dog Hank as they journey back in time to critical moments in Biblical history through ancient scrolls they find and must solve. Through these journeys, the siblings get a fly on the wall view of God's power and plan with the help of their uncle Solomon and Michael the archangel. In the first two books they witnessed the Creation and Noah building the ark. The next two books follow chronologically as well.
- The Great Escape (Book #3) takes Peter and Mary back to Exodus and the Israelites trouble with Pharoah in Egypt. Between the plagues, the Great Magician making trouble for them and the countdown to the parting of the Red Sea, the kids experience a lot!
- Journey to Jericho (Book #4) gives Peter and Mary the chance to be spies and help sneak Rahab and her family out of Jericho before the Israelites conquer the city. Keeping their cover, learning to be spies and dealing with the Man in Black always trying to get in the way makes it a high alert adventure!
The target age is 6-9, reading grade level 1-4, depending on the book. J (8), avid reader, finished each book in a couple of hours. Miss Z (5) new reader, took a few days, but once she got passed the first couple of chapters, she was hooked and seemed to speed up. In the back of each book, there is a page that asks, "Do you want to read more about the events in this story?" It then lists the chapters where you can find the specific events mentioned in the Bible. For even more fun, Book #6 The Shepherd's Stone, was just released in December. J has already been begging for it!
What We Liked
I love the joining of Biblical events with modern life! As a kid, I always felt a disconnect between the Bible stories and my real life. In addition to greater access to spiritual materials, I feel like the approach the author takes in these books allows my kids to be more invested than I was at that age.
The kids love the adventure. Since it includes a boy and a girl it can't really be categorized as a boy book or girl book and each story builds on each other leaving them excited for the next story. Since they were already familiar with the Bible stories, they enjoy recognizing the familiar people and events sprinkled throughout. J (8) always noted when satan (or who he expected to be acting as satan) was involved.
They are clean, Biblically accurate, creative and fun! Buying the set would be a perfect birthday or Christmas present!
What We Liked
I love the joining of Biblical events with modern life! As a kid, I always felt a disconnect between the Bible stories and my real life. In addition to greater access to spiritual materials, I feel like the approach the author takes in these books allows my kids to be more invested than I was at that age.
The kids love the adventure. Since it includes a boy and a girl it can't really be categorized as a boy book or girl book and each story builds on each other leaving them excited for the next story. Since they were already familiar with the Bible stories, they enjoy recognizing the familiar people and events sprinkled throughout. J (8) always noted when satan (or who he expected to be acting as satan) was involved.
They are clean, Biblically accurate, creative and fun! Buying the set would be a perfect birthday or Christmas present!
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Wondering if we might be a little biased? It's always possible! There were 60 families reviewing these books so feel free to check out some of there reviews through the link below to get a bigger perspective.
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