This post on the Sikh identity in children’s books contains excepts from Navjot Kaur, author and Founder of Saffron Press.
“I Felt Invisible”
Despite years of rejections, I believed our stories could be erased no longer.
Perhaps I did not fit the needs of the traditional publishing market, but I could still blaze my own trail. Writing became a tool to forge through fears of the unknown.
When we learned our son was Deaf, my perspective shifted from the single lens of diversity, to a broader understanding and urgency of equity and accessibility.
These books create a soft landing space for my child to fall upon when things got tough, without him losing sight of his own self worth – he would not be invisible.
