Punchinello

Max Lucado is one of the greatest Christian writers of all time. He writes for adults and changes hundreds of lives daily. But, he decided children need to hear the same stories adults do. He has now began writing children's books Lucado created the world of the "Wemmicks". In this world there are small wooden people, created by the craftsman, Eli. Punchinello is the main character in the Wemmick series. He learns lessons in each book, and they all come about because he visits his maker, Eli, and learns how unique he is!

I have read the first in the series, "You are Special". The Wemmicks go around everyday putting dots on eachother for bad things, and stars on eachother for good things. Punchinello only gets dots, some people even see that he only has dots, so they just put more dots on him. He begins to get discouraged and down because no one sees anything special in Punchinello. He meets Wendy, who has no dots or stars at all. She says nothing will stick on her. Punchinello asks how, and she tell him about Eli. Punchinello goes and starts to visit Eli everyday. Eli tells him, "You are special because I made you. You are special because you are mine!" Punchinello's dots begin to fall off! He learns that the dots, and even the stars wont stick if they don't mean anything to you. Punchinello learned that he cares more about what Eli, his maker, thinks of him, than others.

It's an amazing book about learning who God is and how much he cares about the people he has created. It also is a great lesson in not worrying about what others think of you. Not to mention Punchinello is the cutest thing ever!