Summary Of Best Of All By Max Lucado

The children’s book titled “Best of All” is written by Max Lucado and illustrated by Sergio Martinez in 2003. This book is one of Max Lucado’s Wemmicks collection that deals with a familiar tale but also ties in a modern day twist which instills and captivates a child on the significance of oneself who God made them to be. The story begins with Wemmickville’s arrangements to celebrate the arrival of the famous Wemmick, Bess Stovall to the village to select the individuals for her wonderful Wemmicks Club. Everyone claimed that she was the best, for she was carved from the best maple wood. Bess Stovall evaluates everyone based on their value, as a maple made Wemmick or the unworthy pine, walnut and willow. Punchinello comes to know that he’s
It has the focus on what is in it for the young readers. As far as children’s book is concerned, the common themes are mostly on family and friendship. But in this children’s book, it suggests a theme that reflects the wisdom of God. Therefore, as a child, it is exciting to explore the important lessons about God’s love and promises on oneself. Secondly, this book is pretty engaging simply because of the language use, illustration and most importantly the moral of the story. This book is written with simple language and has a large usage of informal expressions such as ‘Haven’t you heard?” and ‘Ugh, what knotty timber’. There is also a balance use of compound sentences evident in the text that engage the children to experience language that are more complex than their own. Besides, there are also numerous exclamation marks in the story such as ‘Just perfect!’ and ‘What a wonderful day!’ As children read, it intrigues them as they are able to connect to the emotion of the
“Feathers flumed out of her hat. Earrings dangled to her shoulders”, the visuals to describe Miss Bess Stovall showed exactly what the text said as we could see drawings of feathers and earrings on the particular character. This ensures that the children would be able to make meaning from the text although they are not familiar with some of the vocabularies. Thus, allowing them to enjoy the story. In addition, there are also illustrations of puppets from different class backgrounds, from those that are made of the best woods, maple to them, weak willows. This allows the children to connect themselves to the story. This book is also compelling in terms of visuals which are suitable for young children. The colourful images are appropriate with the storyline and will attract the children’s attention. Furthermore, this book hold an excellent message for children about how they are made is no judge of characters. It is also uplifting and direct without being overly preachy, and the tale is told in an interesting