Best Of All

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BESS STOVALL is famous for being famous. “When it comes to Wemmicks, she’s the best,” they say. Who wouldn’t want to join her Wonderful Wemmicks Club? The catch is this: only Wemmicks made of maple can join – the best wood from the best forest.

But Punchinello can’t join since he is made of willow. “Willow is weak wood,” says Bess. “No one wants to be a willow.” And Punchinello is the only willow in Wemmicksville. Everyone looks down on him, even his friend Lucia.

Punchinello learns a valuable lesson when Eli the woodcarver helps him see that he is special because the Maker made him – the Maker even chose his wood. This latest tale from Wemmicksville will surprise you as Punchinello himself shocks the town with how special he really is.

MAX LUCADO, America’s best-selling inspirational author and speaker, is senior minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. He is author of the award-winning Wemmicks series and his program “UpWords” is heard on thousands of radio stations around the world. He is also a devoted husband and a proud father of three daughters.

SERGIO MARTINEZ was born in Mexico City, studied art in Paris, and has worked as an art director and illustrator on three continents. He has done freelance illustrative work for Disney Press and other major publishers and has illustrated internationally renowned gift editions of several literary classics including Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and A Christmas Carol. His classic style graces the pages of Crossway’s #1 – selling children’s book You Are Special.