The vividly illustrated book, about sixteenth century persecution of Jews in Prague, tells the story of a rabbi who makes a monster out of clay to protect Jews in his village from gentiles who want to kill them.
Expressionistic pictures show the monster destroying the mob.
She said the book contains strong language and threatening artwork that children might not understand. Schools Superintendent Phillip Leahy said he had no qualms about removing The Golem from the library. That doesn't mean we're burning it or censoring it. Somethings just aren't appropriate for children. School officials acknowledged, however, that in sixteen years there had been no reports of students being disturbed by the book.