Enter the Wemmicks - a fictitious group of wooden people who live down the hill from their maker, Eli.
Now, these Wemmicks have a few different adventures (thanks to the author, Max Lucado), but the latest one I shared with my fourth graders was one with its central message about stewardship. The Wemmicks struggle to help a family whose wagon had broken as they came into town, and they must learn that while everyone wants to help right away, they each have a special gift to serve the family in a way that is unique to themselves.
It truly is a touching story (Your Special Gift) about how we are called by our Maker to discover our special talents so that we might better serve him and our neighbors.
A ha! Finally that Bible passage about the talents started making sense to my fourth graders! (Note to self - read picture book before Bible passage next year.) Our talents are only good if we acknowledge and share them!
There is so much to be learned from picture books, especially those with messages targeted at the very core of who we are and who we are called by God to be.
I LOVE!!! the Max Lucado books. They are phenomenal!
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