| Author: | William Forde | ISBN: | 9781476184524 |
| Publisher: | William Forde | Publication: | August 11, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Forde |
| ISBN: | 9781476184524 |
| Publisher: | William Forde |
| Publication: | August 11, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Of all the fifty plus children’s books I have published since 1990 and from all of the stories I have ever written, the two most popular with children, teachers, parents, schools and libraries have been the stories of ‘Sleezy the Fox’ and ‘Douglas the Dragon.’ They were also the most popular of all my stories that the late Princess Diana used to read to her children, Princes William and Harry when they were aged 9 and 7 years of age after she phoned me and requested that I send her copies. It is nice to know that one’s stories has been read by a future King of England.
The reasons why these two story characters have proved to be the most popular and enduring of my works is a combination of both my life experiences and the story themes. The theme of the Sleezy the Fox stories is one of ‘Second Chances’ along with ‘Discrimination against Immigrants.’ The theme of ‘Douglas the Dragon’ is one of anger management and the consequences of anger excess being inappropriately expressed.
With regard to both overarching themes, I am suitably qualified to comment on and write about each. My work upon Indian, African and Jamaican stories were praised by Nelson Mandela, who phoned me and described the stories as ‘Wonderful.’ The overall quality of my writing was described by Chris Woodhead to the press (as a former Chief Inspector of Schools for Ofsted), as being of ‘High quality literature.’ As a growing boy, I was a persistent thief who required many second chances before I became a Probation Officer as an adult in West Yorkshire. As an 18-year-old youth who was the youngest textile shop steward in Great Britain in 1960 when racial prejudice within the country was rampant, I brought over 200 workers out on strike because of the employer’s refusal to hire a West Indian man on the sole grounds that ‘he was black.’ The man had applied for a job vacancy that the firm had advertised. As a young Probation Officer in 1971, I began working predominantly with people who displayed uncontrollable aggressive behaviour and after researching my work and the response patterns of many hundreds of aggressive clients, I founded a successful process of working with aggressive people that I freely gave to the world. This process that I founded became known as ‘Anger Management’ in Great Britain in 1971 and within a matter of a few years, this type of course had mushroomed across the English speaking world.
‘Sleezy the Fox Omnibus’’ is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of ‘second chances’. On the surface it deals with the immigration of a married couple and their seven children into a strange country, the bullying by neighbours, the ostracizing of offenders from the community as a whole and the alienation that often exists between man and wild beast and beast and wild man!
‘Douglas the Dragon Omnibus’ is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of ‘Anger and Aggression’ that becomes uncontrollable. ‘Douglas the Dragon’ symbolises the power of love that lives in each of us and he represents the constant struggle between the forces of good and evil in the behaviour we display.
The ‘Sleezy the Fox’ and the ‘Douglas the Dragon’ stories became so popular that Plays of each have now been written and published. Their popularity eventually led to all four ‘Sleezy the Fox’ stories being published in an omnibus edition and all four ‘Douglas the Dragon’ stories being published in omnibus edition also.
For the first time ever, both ‘Sleezy the Fox Omnibus’ and ‘Douglas the Dragon Omnibus’ have been combined into one giant-sized volume entitled, ‘Sleezy the Fox and Douglas the Dragon Omnibus.’
Of all the fifty plus children’s books I have published since 1990 and from all of the stories I have ever written, the two most popular with children, teachers, parents, schools and libraries have been the stories of ‘Sleezy the Fox’ and ‘Douglas the Dragon.’ They were also the most popular of all my stories that the late Princess Diana used to read to her children, Princes William and Harry when they were aged 9 and 7 years of age after she phoned me and requested that I send her copies. It is nice to know that one’s stories has been read by a future King of England.
The reasons why these two story characters have proved to be the most popular and enduring of my works is a combination of both my life experiences and the story themes. The theme of the Sleezy the Fox stories is one of ‘Second Chances’ along with ‘Discrimination against Immigrants.’ The theme of ‘Douglas the Dragon’ is one of anger management and the consequences of anger excess being inappropriately expressed.
With regard to both overarching themes, I am suitably qualified to comment on and write about each. My work upon Indian, African and Jamaican stories were praised by Nelson Mandela, who phoned me and described the stories as ‘Wonderful.’ The overall quality of my writing was described by Chris Woodhead to the press (as a former Chief Inspector of Schools for Ofsted), as being of ‘High quality literature.’ As a growing boy, I was a persistent thief who required many second chances before I became a Probation Officer as an adult in West Yorkshire. As an 18-year-old youth who was the youngest textile shop steward in Great Britain in 1960 when racial prejudice within the country was rampant, I brought over 200 workers out on strike because of the employer’s refusal to hire a West Indian man on the sole grounds that ‘he was black.’ The man had applied for a job vacancy that the firm had advertised. As a young Probation Officer in 1971, I began working predominantly with people who displayed uncontrollable aggressive behaviour and after researching my work and the response patterns of many hundreds of aggressive clients, I founded a successful process of working with aggressive people that I freely gave to the world. This process that I founded became known as ‘Anger Management’ in Great Britain in 1971 and within a matter of a few years, this type of course had mushroomed across the English speaking world.
‘Sleezy the Fox Omnibus’’ is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of ‘second chances’. On the surface it deals with the immigration of a married couple and their seven children into a strange country, the bullying by neighbours, the ostracizing of offenders from the community as a whole and the alienation that often exists between man and wild beast and beast and wild man!
‘Douglas the Dragon Omnibus’ is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of ‘Anger and Aggression’ that becomes uncontrollable. ‘Douglas the Dragon’ symbolises the power of love that lives in each of us and he represents the constant struggle between the forces of good and evil in the behaviour we display.
The ‘Sleezy the Fox’ and the ‘Douglas the Dragon’ stories became so popular that Plays of each have now been written and published. Their popularity eventually led to all four ‘Sleezy the Fox’ stories being published in an omnibus edition and all four ‘Douglas the Dragon’ stories being published in omnibus edition also.
For the first time ever, both ‘Sleezy the Fox Omnibus’ and ‘Douglas the Dragon Omnibus’ have been combined into one giant-sized volume entitled, ‘Sleezy the Fox and Douglas the Dragon Omnibus.’
