Secret Codes and Hidden Messages

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for for our 6 year old nephew who loves secret codes. Some will be easy and a few will be challenging and most will be time consuming. This book will keep him busy for sure. Very pleased with my purchase and I will be getting more of these for the age 5-8 crowd!

My mom knows how much I love to play. When I was hospitalized to have my gall bladder removed, she gave me this book. It was so fun! I hated lying there in that cold hospital bed unable to move for 3 days (due to complications). But I had this book to play with! Though the secret messages readers have to decipher with various codes turn out to be either really corny or common knowledge trivia, the bright colorful illustrations and whimsical ideas presented in this collection of nearly two dozen different codes, are fun and exciting. Some familiar codes include American Sign Language, Castle Code, hieroglyphics, and Morse. Readers will also find uncommon codes such as The Dancing Men code adapted from The Mystery of The Dancing Men featuring Sherlock Holmes. Children are going to really love this book. It's fun, practical and a quick read. Kids with a penchant for solving or creating their own mysteries are going to love this collection. An answer key is included and a brief history of code making and breaking is also included. Jeffrey A. O'Hare really did a good job with this book. I highly recommend it because of its fun, versatility and ability to inspire children to read more. As an educator, this is very important to me. I look forward to sharing this book with my students in the classroom during leisure reading and writing times.