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  • Bibliography:
    84 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1995
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Hermie & Friends

Hermie: A Common Caterpillar (Jan-2003)
Flo The Lyin' Fly (Feb-2004)
ABC's (Jul-2004)
Colors (Jul-2004)
Numbers (Jul-2004)
Shapes (Jul-2004)
Webster the Scaredy Spider (Sep-2004)
The Twelve Bugs of Christmas (Oct-2004)
Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee (Mar-2005)
A Fruitcake Christmas (Sep-2005)
The Stinkbug Goes to Camp (Feb-2006)
To Share or Nut To Share (Oct-2006)
Milo, the Mantis Who Wouldn't Pray (Feb-2007)
Buzby and the Grumble Bees (Oct-2007)
Hailey and Bailey's Silly Fight (Feb-2008)
Hermie Double DVD (Mar-2008)
Peel and Stick (May-2008)
Hermie the Uncommon DJ (Jun-2008)
Hermie and the High Seas (Aug-2008)
Flo Show Creates a Buzz (Oct-2009)
Antonio Meets His Match (Feb-2010)
Thank You, God, For Blessing Me (Oct-2011)
Thank You, God, For Loving Me (Oct-2011)
BEEhaving is B-E-S-T (Mar-2012)
God Listens When I Pray (Mar-2012)
Do You Know I Love You, God? (Sep-2012)
God Forgives Me, and I Forgive You (Sep-2012)
I Will Tell the Truth and Be Careful What I Say (Sep-2012)
I Share Because I Care (Mar-2013)
I Can Be Kind to Everyone (Sep-2013)

Max Lucado's Wemmicks

You Are Special (Jul-1997)
You Are Mine (Aug-2001)
If Only I Had a Green Nose (May-2002)
Best of All (Mar-2003)
Punchinello and The Most Marvelous Gift (Oct-2004)

Book List in Order: 84 titles

  • Greatest Moments

  • Alabaster's Song

    A touching story of a young boy who befriends a Christmas angel.  Only a young boy can hear the song of Alabaster, the little angel on the Christmas tree.  This delightful sotry of a boy and a gap-toothed cherub teaches the value and wonder...

  • You Are Special

    Max Lucado's Wemmicks

    Every day the small wooden people called Wemmicks do the same thing: stick either gold stars or gray dots on one another. The pretty ones -- those with smooth wood and fine paint -- always get stars. The talented ones do, too. Others, though, who can...

  • Jacob's Gift

    Jacob is a young boy with a gift for carpentry who is busy finishing up a project for a contest. His teacher, Rabbi Simeon, not only instructs him in carpentry, but also teaches him important lessons about God. Rabbi has just taught Jacob that when y...

  • The Christmas Cross

    The Christmas Cross is a story about finding your way home for the holidays, told in the context of one man's journey in a small Texas town. Unique interactive elements inside this book-including envelopes with pullout letters and surprises-makes thi...

  • Because I Love You

    A long time ago a wise man named Shaddai built a wonderful village for children to live in. He talked to them and sang for them and told them stories. He gave them everything they needed. And with his own hands Shaddai built a protective wall around ...

  • Crippled Lamb

    From bestselling author Max Lucado comes a unique Christmas story called The Crippled Lamb, an inspirational children's book about being different, fitting in, and being happy with yourself. With more than 100,000 copies sold, this timeless bestselle...

  • Just the Way You Are

    One of the greatest gifts parents can give their children is the assurance that Mom and Dad love them just as they are, apart from anything that they do. But telling them once won't make it sink in. Kids need to be reminded of it over and over, un...

  • Just In Case You Ever Wonder

    Just In Case You Ever Wonder tells of a father's love for his child.  This perennial best seller from Max Lucado will wrap your child in its tender message of love, comfort, and protection, showing that as they grow and change, you'll always be ...



  • All You Ever Need

    Imagine a land so dry that every drop of rain is like pure gold. And in the middle of this arid land there is a village filled with people who need more than just a few buckets of rainwater to survive. Fortunately for them, Tobias lives nearby. He...

  • With You All the Way

    A timeless tale about the most important choice on your journey through life.

    Carlisle, Alon, and Cassidon--known by all in the kingdom as the bravest and best knights who serve the King. But now the time has come to see which is truly wort...

  • You Are Mine

    Max Lucado's Wemmicks

    Bigger allowances. Better clothes. More toys.Bigger, better, more is how the world determines who's special and who's not. It's a message your kids are hearing every day. But it's not God's message.His truth is simple and never-changing: It's not wha...

  • If Only I Had a Green Nose

    Max Lucado's Wemmicks

    A green nose. How silly, thought Punchinello. It wouldn't make him faster, stronger, or even smarter. It would only make him greener--and make him look just like all the other Wemmicks! Why would he want that when he knows Eli made each of them di...

  • A Love Worth Giving

    God loves each of us. Personally. Powerfully. Passionately. And it’s a love worth giving.But before we can pass love on, we must receive it ourselves.Building on the principles found in 1 Corinthians 13, known as the love passage, best-selling auth...

  • Max Lucado's Christmas Collection

    A lamb with a crippled leg, a young carpenter with an unusual gift, and an angel with a heavenly song. This special boxed set contains these classic Christmas stories in a special miniature size and a beautifully crafted ornament inspired by The C...

  • Hermie: A Common Caterpillar

    Hermie & Friends

    Hermie and his friend Wormie have always felt common. They don’t have stripes or dots, they aren’t very strong, and they can’t find anything special about themselves. But every time they pray, God tells them that He loves them all the time just...

  • Traveling Light

    We're all weighed down by loads we were never intended to carry. With New York Times bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado as your guide, Traveling Light invites you to release some of those heavy burdens and experience true rest.We've all seen we...

  • Just Like Jesus for Tweens

    No bad attitudes. No white lies. Not even a single pity party. In short, Jesus was-and is-perfect. And God wants us to be the same way, too.

    "You've got to be kidding," you may think to yourself. The bar is too high. The standard too steep. ...

  • Best of All

    Max Lucado's Wemmicks

    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.



  • The Gift For All People

    The Gift for All People is a celebration of God's gift of salvation wrapped in a collection of inspirational stories. These stories will help Christians comprehend and treasure the assurance of their salvation and will help non-Christians realize and...

  • Its Not about Me Journal

  • Flo The Lyin' Fly

    Hermie & Friends

    Telling the truth is always the best, a lesson parents are eager to teach young ones. Welcome, Flo, the Lyin' Fly, to Hermie's delightful world. Like the little boy who cried "wolf," Flo thinks it's fun to tell stories that are not true. When her fri...

  • On the Anvil

    We are all somewhere in the blacksmith’s shop. We are either on the scrap pile, in the Master’s hands on the anvil, or in the tool chest. Some of us have been in all three. In this classic collection of inspirational readings, best-sellin...

  • A Hat for Ivan

    All the grown-ups in Ivan's village wear a hat that shows what they love most. Because Ivan's father is the hatmaker, Ivan gets to watch his father create a hat that is perfect for each person. Ivan wonders what kind of hat he will have. Will he be a...

  • ABC's

    Hermie & Friends

    In Letters, you'll have front row seats to the opening night of "The Alphabet Garden," a special production by Hermie and his friends, featuring the letters A to Z. Of course, opening night rarely goes over without a hitch, and the mishaps will have ...

  • Colors

    Hermie & Friends

    Hermie is tired of being a plain ol' green caterpillar. So he sets out on a search to "help" God find the perfect color. Hermie recruits Wormie" to help him in his mission, and their usual caterpillar antics ensue as Hermie and a reluctant Wormie s...

  • Next Door Savior

    We applaud men for doing good things.We enshrine God for doing great things.But what about a man who does God things?One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man ...

  • Numbers

    Hermie & Friends

    To compensate for his perceived commonness, Hermie decides he needs to have more stuff than anyone in the garden. With Wormie" in tow, Hermie sets out through the garden gathering daisies, acorns, rocks-anything he can add to his collection of asse...

  • Shapes

    Hermie & Friends

    Hermie has invited Wormie" over to play his new board game, "Get into Shapes." With a flick of the spinner, Hermie and Wormie are literally bending over backwards to do their best caterpillar impressions of the shape that the arrow lands on. The tu...



  • Webster the Scaredy Spider

    Hermie & Friends

    Based on the Hermie and Friends" film by the same name, Webster, the Scaredy Spider is Max Lucado's latest character to enter the garden. With little regard to the "Garden Treaty of '85," cute little Webster wanders into the garden to face his long...

  • An Angel's Story

    Spiritual beings populate the stories of Scripture. Angels singing. Demons infecting. Heavenly hosts fighting . . . Ignore the armies of God and Satan and you ignore the heart of Scripture. Ever since the snake tempted Eve in Eden, we've known: there...

  • Punchinello and The Most Marvelous Gift

    Max Lucado's Wemmicks

    From Max Lucado's popular Wemmicks series comes a story of giving from the heart.

    The whole town is bustling to get ready for Maker Day. Hans is baking his seven-layer Chocolate Cherry Truffle Cake with Double Butter-cream Frosting. Violet i...

  • The Twelve Bugs of Christmas

    Hermie & Friends

    Sing along with Hermie and Friends as they have the silliest Christmas countdown ever! Based on the classic tune "The Twelve Days of Christmas," this Hermie and Friends song perfectly captures the garden at Christmas. When the creatures of the gar...

  • Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee

    Hermie & Friends

    The latest adventure in Max Lucado's Hermie and Friends series has the garden in a buzz when a new neighbor comes to town. "I'm king of the bees, and I'll do as I please!" Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee, proclaims as he zooms around the garden with no re...

  • Come Thirsty

    What image best describes your heart? A water-drenched kid in front of an open fire hydrant? Or a bristled desert tumbleweed?You’re acquainted with physical thirst. Stop drinking and see what happens. Coherent thoughts vanish, skin grows clammy, an...

  • A Fruitcake Christmas

    Hermie & Friends

    It's Christmastime in the garden and Hermie and his friends are hustling and bustling to prepare for the big day. But more than anything, they all eagerly anticipate the crowning moment of the holiday season: the arrival of Grannypillar's scrumptious...

  • In the Beginning

    In the Beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Before what we see now there was nothing.

    The whole universe was empty and dark. And before that, there was no universe at all… until the Father dreamed a dream.

    Max Lucado's...

  • The Stinkbug Goes to Camp

    Hermie & Friends

    There's someone new coming to the garden's Summer Camp this year, and, well, he has a problem. He stinks. But that's what stink bugs do. So, when Stanley arrives at Camp-Bug-a-Boo, he creates quite a…well, stink. Everyone tries their best to put up...

  • Your Special Gift

    One morning the people of Wemmicksville wake up to discover that they've all received gifts. Punchinello opens his gift to find a hammer; Lucia receives a paintbrush and set of paints; and Hans, the baker, gets a spoon. Nobody knows who sent the g...



  • The Christmas Candle

    Journey back to a simpler time, to a small English village where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. Except at Christmas time. That's when a mysterious angel suddenly appears in a lowly candle maker's shop. When the holy and the human collide i...

  • To Share or Nut To Share

    Hermie & Friends

    From the series that brought you the #1 video of 2005 in Christian retail, come a fun story about sharing.The garden literally goes "nuts" when a shortage of nuts causes panic, especially with the Garden Talent Show & Tell starting tomorrow. And ...

  • The Oak Inside the Acorn

    It was hard for Little Acorn to believe he would ever be a big, strong oak tree. Soon Little Acorn grew into Little Oak. But now what was he to do? He couldn't grow oranges like the orange tree or flowers like the rose bush. He just grew and grew unt...

  • Coming Home

    Twin brothers Arion and Argo are scared. They have spent most of their lives shipwrecked on the lonely, gray island of Terrene with their ship's captain, and now he is leaving and they cannot imagine life on Terrene without him. He is going to Blu...

  • Milo, the Mantis Who Wouldn't Pray

    Hermie & Friends

    When a big storm destroys Milo's Snack Shack, he doesn't know what to do and that includes just talking to God about it. Milo thinks he has to get God's attention in order for God to hear him. Milo finally learns prays and realizes that God has been ...

  • Every Day Deserves a Chance

    Doesn't every day deserve a chance to be a good day? An opportunity? A shot? A tryout? An audition? A swing at the plate? After all: "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." But what of those days when traffic snarls, a...

  • God Loves You So Much

  • A Bug Collection

    This adorable compilation includes four complete stories from the best-selling Max Lucado's Hermie & FriendsTM brand. A $60 value now available in a new size that's perfect for storytime.Hermie: A Common Caterpillar -- It's about being special.Fl...

  • Buzby and the Grumble Bees

    Hermie & Friends

    From the series that brought you the #1 childrens video of 2005 and 2006 in Christian retail, comes a fun story about the importance of good behavior.

    The garden bugs secretly agree to help Buzby show his misbehaving niece and nephew how unp...

  • 3:16: The Numbers of Hope

    Limited Quantity! If 9/11 are the numbers of terror and despair, then 3:16 are the numbers of hope. Best selling author Max Lucado leads readers through a word-by-word study of John 3:16, the passage that he calls the "Hope Diamond" of scripture....



  • Hailey and Bailey's Silly Fight

    Hermie & Friends

    Most twins Have abiding love for each other. Hailey and Bailey are no different. Well, there was that one time...It's the age-old conflict: blueberries vs. tomatoes. Or was it oatmeal vs. cereal? She hit me first? Come to think of it, sibling dispute...

  • Hermie Double DVD

    Hermie & Friends

  • Peel and Stick

    Hermie & Friends

    Build your own story with Hermie, Wormie, and all the garden friends!

    Each set of colorforms includes two beautifully-illustrated scenes on one double sided board, plus 60 reuseable character cut-outs for little ones to create their own stor...

  • Hermie the Uncommon DJ

    Hermie & Friends

  • Hermie and the High Seas

    Hermie & Friends

    If Hermie is good at anything, it's believing what God says.

    Good thing God never says anything unusual to Hermie. Uh-oh… suddenly there's room for doubt. What possible need would the Garden Gang have for a boat? It hasn't rained in ages....

  • Flo Show Creates a Buzz

    Hermie & Friends

  • The Tallest of Smalls

    An encouraging message for children: When you feel like you’re the smallest of smalls, Jesus’ love can make you feel like the tallest of talls.A delightful rhyming story about the Too-Smalls who live in the Stiltsville. Every evening a six, the T...

  • Antonio Meets His Match

    Hermie & Friends

    A rude foreigner moves into the garden, testing Antonio's patience. Antonio should probably be called "Brave Ant," for the heroic way he leads his Army Ants in defending the garden from, say, Big Bully Croaker. But when some foreign ants move int...

  • Who is in Charge Anyway?: A Lesson in Growing Up With God

    Meet the Garden gang before they grew up!

    Sitting around a camp fire on a beautiful star-lit night, the garden gang is talking about their favorite memories. Antonio recounts the Garden Olympics, but admits he was a scrawny kid-ant whose par...

  • One Hand, Two Hands

    A delightful way to show little ones how their hands are a blessing from God that they can use to do help others. Written in rhyming text and illustrated with the charming art of Gaby Hansen, this simple message of God’s blessing of hands not o...

  • You Were Made to Make a Difference

    Changing lives... changing your community... changing hearts... The God who made the universe made you to make a difference!  How?  God and you together. Here’s what happens: When you realize how much God loves you, you’ll w...

  • Christmas Stories

    A Heartwarming Collection of Christmas Stories and Relfections from Max Lucado These stories-like your favorite Christmas ornaments-come in all shapes and sizes. They unfold in a variety of settings, from ancient Bethlehem to rural England. From a...

  • One Incredible Savior

    A celebration of the One who changed the world when He came to earth as a baby boy.This bestselling Lucado Christmas classic is now refreshed and updated with a new title and a beautiful new design. But the heart of the message -- the miracle and won...

  • Celebrating Christmas with Jesus

    Searching for an Advent devotional that is intentional and easy-to-follow? Let Advent come alive in your life this Christmas with Celebrating Christmas with Jesus: An Advent Devotional written by New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado.Every Chr...

  • Thank You, God, For Blessing Me

    Hermie & Friends

    Meet "Little Hermie"--the cutest baby caterpillar in the garden! Little Hermie's thankful heart shows toddlers how to be thankful for God's blessings. "Little Hermie" is thankful for everything God has given him. He goes through his day thanking ...

  • Thank You, God, For Loving Me

    Hermie & Friends

    "Little Hermie" and the baby bug garden friends teach little ones about God's love for them. God loves all of His creatures. "Little Hermie" explores all of the ways God loves him and his friends in this sweet board book with glitter on the cover...

  • God Listens When I Pray

    Hermie & Friends

    "Hi God, it's me, Hermie!" It's easy to feel like you have to do everything yourself. Hermie certainly feels that way when his friend Antonio is in trouble and no one will listen to him when he tries to get help. But God is always listening. When ...

  • BEEhaving is B-E-S-T

    Hermie & Friends

    Join Hermie in this double-dose of fun as the garden bugs learn that the rules weren’t just made to be broken! In "Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee," the garden is all abuzz thanks to its newest resident: Buzby, the self-proclaimed “king of bees,...

  • God Forgives Me, and I Forgive You

    Hermie & Friends

    Hermie learns the importance of offering forgiveness and discovers how incredible God's grace really is. There is a lot of excitement in the garden as all the bugs prepare for the harvest festival. Hermie has promised to help Wormie but then forg...

  • Do You Know I Love You, God?

    Hermie & Friends

    Little Hermie and his baby bug friends explore all the ways we can show God we love Him! Little Hermie loves God so much and wants to show Him. Hermie and his baby bug friends discover that sharing with your friends, obeying your parents, and off...

  • I Will Tell the Truth and Be Careful What I Say

    Hermie & Friends

    Telling the truth or saying you are sorry is not always easy, but it’s the right thing to do. These two beloved Hermie & Friends stories illustrate how God loves for us to choose our words carefully. In "Flo the Lyin’ Fly", the garden bugs gro...

  • I Share Because I Care

    Hermie & Friends

    Sharing and always getting along can be hard, but fighting makes life even harder. The Garden Talent Show and Tell has everyone is preparing their best talents using nuts from the garden in "Hermie and Wormie’s Nutty Adventure." When there is o...

  • The Boy and the Ocean

    Just how wide, how deep, and how big is the love of God really?

    See for yourself in this heart-warming story about a boy, his parents, and the wonder of creation.

    From the vast reaches of the ocean to the towering heights of the mounta...

  • The Christmas Child

    A Chicago journalist finds himself in a small Texas town on Christmas eve. Lonely and alone, he encounters old faces and new facts…a hand carved manger, a father's guilt, a young girl's faith. The trip into the past holds his key to the future, and...

  • Itsy Bitsy Christmas

    “The King has come! Even for a little one like me.” Do you ever feel like you are too small or too ordinary? That is just how Itsy and Bitsy feel. When these two charming little mice hear that a King is coming to Bethlehem, they set off with ...

  • I Can Be Kind to Everyone

    Hermie & Friends

    No matter the situation, it is always important to be kind to everyone. In Milo the Mantis Who Wouldn’t Pray, a big storm sweeps away Milo’s Snack Shack and he just doesn’t know what to do -- not even how to talk to God about it. He thinks ...

  • The Children of the King

    One of the greatest gifts parents can give their children is the assurance that mom and dad love them just as they are, apart from anything that they do. But telling them once won't make it sink in. Kids need to be reminded of that foundational fa...

  • Tell Me the Secrets: Treasures for Eternity

    What do parents want for their children? Success? Happiness? Modern culture constantly feeds people lies about what’s really important in life. True joy and lasting satisfaction come only through going God’s way. This secret is hidden wh...

  • The Song of the King

    A timeless tale about the most important choice on your journey through life.

    Carlisle, Alon, and Cassidon―known by all in the kingdom as the bravest and best knights who serve the king. But now the time has come to see who is truly worthy...

  • The Christmas Story for Children

    Follow the events of Jesus’ birth as you read this lovely picture book written by Max Lucado with Randy Frazee and Karen Hill and illustrated by Fausto. THE CHRISTMAS STORY FOR CHILDREN tells readers about the birth of a special baby whose story is...

  • Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe

    What if you could ask God anything? What would you ask? And how would he answer? Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the High...

  • Tell Me the Story

    It began with a dream in the heart of God.

    Against the soundless sweep of infinity, the great Creator shaped a world and filled it with children made in his own image. And that world is now the stage where a great human drama is played―the...

  • The Wonderful World of Wemmicks

    Max Lucado's six popular stories about the Wemmicks - little wooden people, carved by woodworker Eli - are combined in this beautiful anthology of for the first time. Heart-warming tales which gently teach the importance of kindness, love, and how ev...

  • I'm Not a Scaredy-Cat

    I’m a big cat. I’m a strong cat. I’m not a scaredy-cat ... except when ... From New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado comes I’M NOT A SCAREDY-CAT, a hilarious new picture book to help kids manage their fears and worries and learn to...

  • Where Did My Giggle Go?

    Where'd My Giggle Go? Educator's Guide is a companion to Where'd My Giggle Go? by Max Lucado. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades 1st-3rd....

Award-Winning Books by Max Lucado

Because I Love You
2000 Gold Medallion Book Award -- Elementary Children
Crippled Lamb
1995 Gold Medallion Book Award -- Gift Book/Poetry
Tell Me the Secrets: Treasures for Eternity
1994 Gold Medallion Book Award -- Gift Book/Poetry


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Max Lucado has published 84 books.

Max Lucado does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Where Did My Giggle Go?, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Max Lucado, Greatest Moments, was published in October 1995.

Yes. Max Lucado has 2 series.
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