Here's my post there that introduces our theme for this year - Migration and Exploration - and unveils our poster.
"Migration, exploration, moving in search of a better life, across histories, geographies, cultures, setting down roots in a new habitat - it is a all way of all life. Why not, then, look at stories of these migrations? Surely a movement across cultures would produce challenges that fiction and non-fiction would thrive on? Fiction, after all, reflects life to a large extent. We, at the Saffrontree family, have handled many such moves in our personal lives; some of us multiple times, even across continents. Even a move out of one's locality into the adjacent one means a lot of logistical changes. This is surely a theme that would resonate with our readers - so many of whom might have their own stories of migration. As we brainstormed on the idea, we came up with a multitude of children's books that deal with the topic. For every age group.
Join in this celebration. Enjoy the journey with us. Spread the word - let it go far and wide! As Anna Quindlen has said in her book, How Reading Changed My Life, "Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home."
Come, let's go home."
Here's a post by Sathish Ramakrishnan, one of our contributors, that muses on the concept of migration.
"And finally, I had a personal epiphany - migration is not about politics or about movement of people from one place to another - migration is about an individual. The reason for migration are many - some do it for the riches, some do it to escape a world that they cannot tolerate any more, some do it to live in warmer climates. In spite of it all, the migration is about an individual. It is the story of an individual and his or her hope."
Here's a post, again by Sathish, that gives a round-up of some of the books already reviewed on Saffrontree on our theme. There will be another such roundup post-CROCUS.
So our schedule for CROCUS?
Oct 23rd, Day 1: Animal Migration
Oct 24th, Day 2: Nomadic/Tribal expressions
Oct 25th, Day 3: Forced/Voluntary migration
Oct 26th, Day 4: Exploration/Making it home
Do visit. It will be quite a journey.
And yes, let the word go far and wide. Blog about it, post on facebook, twitter, and anywhere else that might gather more eyeballs.
And do not forget our crossword on the first day - CROCUSWORD.
