Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Too Many Golems
Jane Yolen
Illustrator: Maya Shleifer
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 978-1-79721-214-2
Keywords: Humor-legendary twist , Rabbi Loew, kabbalah, bar mitzvah, celebration, preparation, clay men, protector, magic
Abi, eager to learn Hebrew, steals a synagogue scroll for practice, inadvertently summoning Jewish folklore monsters and redirecting their powers to tutor him. Humorous animated illustrations. Legend explained.