Reading competence is an important prerequisite for success in religious education. The eight reading trail stories presented here spark interest in reading, train comprehension skills, and simultaneously convey and reinforce content from religious lessons: Your students in grades 2 to 4 follow hidden clues in the text on a reading map, apply knowledge from religious education, and write down the correct sequence of numbers leading to the goal as a reading trail. There is only one correct path. Nevertheless, reading progress is ensured. Incorrect text understanding or factual knowledge gaps lead to dead ends that always refer back to the last correct trail and provide content-related tips. Particularly the step-by-step approach, the built-in puzzles, and the self-checking aspect of this fantastic reading method activate and motivate even reluctant readers.