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Solly and the Elephant: A Folktale from the Bene Israel of India

By Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Siona Benjamin (Illustrator)
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By Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Siona Benjamin (Illustrator)
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From the award-winning team of Rabbi Sandy Sasso and Bene Israel artist Siona Benjamin, this eighteenth-century folktale from the Bene Israel community of Jews in India tells how a young man’s kindness to a royal elephant saves his life after he is accused of stealing from the powerful Maharaja.

Solly's family makes the best sesame oil in Bombay, India. When he is invited to visit the royal palace one day, he is fascinated by the baby elephant in a parade. He befriends the elephant and sings...

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