The plots are very simplified for early readers, but leave a few holes that frustrate more mature readers. These books are very similar to Magic Tree House books, but have Christian themes added in. This review is based on five of those books (1, 2, 3, 4, & 22). There are currently 27 books in this series. Some of the adventures include meeting Erik the Red and his son Leif, who is portrayed in the book as a Christian, going to ancient Rome to retrieve a monk’s chalice, and venturing to China in the 1200s in the time of Kublai Khan. While each book can be read alone, they also are also interconnected, which helps compel the reader to dig into the next book in the series. The cousins face many perilous and life-threatening (historically accurate) situations and do occasionally include semi-graphic violent scenes (blood, fighting). Whittaker learns about these items through notes that mysteriously appear in the Imagination Station. Whittaker is helping a relative from the past named Albert retrieve valuable items. They also help with a more broad, overarching mystery in the general plotline: Mr. This machine takes cousins Beth and Patrick back to various time periods where they meet famous historical characters and learn about the different cultures. Whittaker’s invention of the time-traveling machine called the Imagination Station. The Imagination Station is a series that revolves around Mr. These books are written as beginner chapter books by various authors. Whittaker, the inventor and generally wise community leader and owner of Whit’s End. Some of the same characters from Adventures in Odyssey make appearances in the book, including Mr. The Imagination Station books are a series put out by Adventures in Odyssey, which is an audio drama put on by Focus on the Family.
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