The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha

Everyone makes mistakes, but it is the lessons we learn that are important.




What better a character to introduce children to Hindu mythology than Ganesha, the god of new beginnings? Often impulsive, forever generous, the elephant-headed god with the fat belly makes mistakes but learns from them. He fills the world around him with laughter. These stories deliver up a pantheon of Hindu deities and support such concepts as nonviolence, respect for life, and the folly of vanity.

This collection...