Meet Merle and Pearl, two 2,000-year-old squirrels from Bible times who were petrified in sea salt, rehydrated, snuck into the United States in a 12-year-old boy's backpack, and now live in modern-day Tennessee with their new friend, Michael. How did that happen?

Read all about how this salty couple came to be here, and follow their zany adventures in the Dead Sea Squirrel series written by VeggieTales co-creator Mike Nawrocki. For readers ages 6-10.