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Crossway Books
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Description
In a village where everyone has been carved from wood, an uppity Miss Bess Stovall claims her maple "ancestree" is superior until the day a shunned willow fellow saves her life.
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LibraryThing member MerryMary
A sweet allegory about differences and acceptance. The characters are wooden puppets called Wemmicks. Prejudices arise and the Wemmicks, made of different woods, begin to believe that certain woods are superior to others. Poor Punchinello is made of willow - deemed to be the weakest, most inferior
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wood of all. But Punch has a talk with the puppet-maker (analogous to God) and decides he is not inferior after all. In the end his willow characteristics manage to save the day. Sweet and subtle. Not Christian sledge-hammers here. I like it very much and recommend it. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Thrift store find. I was a little lost at the beginning, but that makes sense now that I learn there are earlier Wemmick books. Cute illustrations, important message poorly done (too preachy).
Original publication date
2003
ISBN
1581345011 / 9781581345018
Local notes
268.81 Luc
Acc # 1736
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Acc # 1736
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