Golem Goes to Camp

A fun summer read for 7-9 year-olds featuring a mud monster that, like Amelia Bedelia, follows directions a bit too literally. "I wish I'd had a golem when I was in summer camp, because I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book.I hope we'll be seeing more adventures with Emmett, the golem, and the rest of the Mud Pack soon." -Eric A.Kimmel, award-winning author of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins and Miriam and the Sasquatch. Emmett Cohen was not at all happy when his mom insisted that he try the art elective at camp this summer. His parents and sister were arty, but he was not. He preferred skateboards and science and comic books.He was grumpy and more than a little homesick when he showed up at the art shack for his first session and started poking around for a project.He brightened when he found a trash can full of odd mud, and was soon engrossed in shaping a mini monster from the thick clay.At the end of the session, when he scratched his name in Hebrew on his project and left for a swim in th