Jorell: For Those Who Believe in Fairies...and Those Who Don't

By Andrew Wade

This environmental fairy story for children of 8 - 80 is by the late Andrew E Wade. His wife Rosemary had some slight editorial input and is republishing it as an ebook.

The fairies need Tim's help. Their home in the old-growth forest is in danger of being logged for timber. Can Tim convince his father, the manager of a sawmill, to stop old-growth logging in the forest?
But Tim also needs the fairies' help. He desperately wants his father and classmates to believe his story about Jorell being a real-life fairy. Can Jorell help Tim be believed?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rosemary Nissen-Wade
• Release date: Nov 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781942005308

Andrew Wade

The late Andrew E Wade (1929-2012) aka Ewart Wade was a film editor for both ABC Australia and Crawford Productions – his most notable project was the police drama 'Homicide' – and a sometime film-maker of both documentaries and movies for children. He was a member of the first panel concerned with standards in Australian children's TV. As Ewart Wade, he published the trade journals SCRIPT, SCREEN AND ART, and LUMIERE. He also worked much of his life as a freelance journalist, specialising in investigative work; and founded Kiplings in Melbourne, which published newsletters for businesses. Andrew, with the collaboration of his friend and colleague Jo Rawson, brought the 'Discovery' program for teenagers to Australia. He was born and lived most of his life in Melbourne, but also lived and worked briefly in London as a young man, and later lived for a time in Sydney with his young family. He travelled the world at several different periods of his life, and spent his last 20 years in Northern Rivers, NSW (Australia) with his second wife Rosemary, near both Mt Warning and The Pinnacle, where JORELL, his environmental fairy story for children 8-11, is set. JORELL was previously published in paperback by The Australian Booksellers' Association, and a second edition was published by Life Magic, the business name of Andrew and Rosemary Wade. Andrew's widow, known professionally as Rosemary Nissen-Wade, is the publisher of the ebook version of JORELL and owns the rights.

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What they are saying about Jorell

Comments from children:

I looked forward to Daddy reading it to us every night. I liked all of the story.

Emilia McDonald 5 years

Most exciting story I’ve read in ages. Very lively.

Joe Jackson 8 years

Your book makes me believe in fairies. It is my favourite book that I've got and hope other people like it too. Also your book makes me feel happy, light as a feather and loving of my sister and my mum and dad. It makes my dad feel happy in heart. The book to my mum makes her feel she can do anything. The book makes my sister feel pretty. I would like you to write more of this book. I will pass it on to my children. Your book makes me think fairies are part of my family. Your book makes me feel like I can fly and I hope it makes other people feel they can do the same.

Coen Jennings-McKay 8years

Jorell is a wonderful story of a young boy called Tim who sees a fairy in the forest and tells his parents. His Dad gets angry and says he’s talking nonsense. It was very beautiful in a way that made you think twice about the possibilities in life. I love the descriptions as I could get a very clear picture in my head in every scene and of every fairy.

Cassandra King 12 years

Comments from adults:

Jorell is a feel good Faery Tale told from the perspective of a young boy named Tim. In it he makes a believer out of us all. The story gets us in touch with the earth and the magic of life as we may or may not know it. It transports us into a time of our own childhood when we believed in a lot of things we may not believe in as an adult.. The story has a great environmental message too which should be read to or by all children, adults and politicians. After all it is the responsibility of adults to teach children the value of saving the environment. This book is a great tool for that. And as we know, it is the children that will change our world for the better in the future...Along with the faeries of course. I don't know about the politicians!

Michelle Ball, Entrepreneur

I loved the book, I read it in one sitting and couldn't wait for my grand daughters to read it. Reading Jorrell took me on a magical journey! It transported me into the mind and body of a small boy who has a belief in the enchantment of a world that few adults remember or experience. I loved the tapestry woven into the story of not just magic but also protecting our environment. The book was wonderful and I would highly recommend it.

Diane McCann, Personal Development Coach & Trainer

When you combine the magical world of Fairies with important global environmental issues, amazing things can happen. Jorell, Andrew E. Wade’s first self-published children’s book, covers these two issues in a way to help young people understand. This book is for young school aged readers, the young at heart, environmental enthusiasts, and all those who want to emerge themselves into the magical world of fairies. For those who believe, and those who don’t, this book will sure warm your heart and pull you into their very special world.

Kate Roseler Student

Thank you so much for introducing me to Jorell......and so vividly transporting me into the realm of nature spirits with ease. I devoured the book in a couple of hours giggling, crying and belly laughing all out loud. My inner child is in ecstasy! Every school and library in the world should have this wonderful book in stock.

Raeline Brady Reiki Master and Essence Practitioner

JORELL

For those who believe in fairies … and those who don’t

by Andrew E. Wade

© Andrew E. Wade 2006

©The estate of Andrew E. Wade 2012

All rights reserved. Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this book may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the publisher.

Enquiries to www.nissen-wade.com

First published 2006 Australian Booksellers Association

(www.aba.org.au)

Second Edition Published 2008 By Life Magic

www.nissen-wade.com

Smashwords Ebook

Edition Published 2017 by Content X Design

(www.contentxdesign.com)

ISBN 978-1-942005-30-8

National Library of Australia

Cataloguing-in-publication entry (for paperback edition):

Wade, Ewart Andrew, 1929-2012.

Jorell: for those who believe in fairies and those who don’t.

ISBN 09752485 1 0

1. Fairies – Fiction. I. Title

A823.4

Cover art ©Tom Giffin 2006

Cover design by Content X Design, based on ideas by Tom Griffin

Acknowledgements

Jorell was published with the assistance of the Australian Booksellers Association. I wish to thank them and my editor, Ann M. Philpott, whose meticulous attention to detail saved me considerable embarrassment and led me to new paths of research. Thanks are due to The Wilderness Society; the Murwillumbah branch of the State Emergency Service; the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service; and Paul Hopkins, co-ordinator of the Caldera Environment Centre in Murwillumbah, who helped me understand the complex issue of forest management. My thanks are extended to Sharon Brown of Wollumbin High School in Murwillumbah and Elaine Armstrong of Pottsville Primary School for their guidance. I also wish to thank Harvey Bennett of Live Oak, Florida, USA, whose personal search for fairies was the inspiration behind the character of Tim in this book, and Harvey’s parents, Patricia and Daniel, for their generosity and enthusiasm. I wish to give special thanks to Ch’kara Silverwolf, who introduced me to Jorell, with whom it all started.

To my wife, Rosemary, I extend my deepest thanks for encouraging me in my search for the truth about fairies. Without her support this book would never have been written.

I am grateful to Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God and his publisher, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, for permission to use information from chapter 18 of the third volume. In addition I wish to thank Thom Hartmann, whose book, The Last Hours of Sunlight, published by Random House, New York, was a valuable and inspiring reference source. Finally, I wish to pay tribute to Paul Hawken, whose book, The Magic of Findhorn (now out of print), told the full story of the extraordinary Findhorn community and courageously expressed the view that ‘Findhorn may be a manifestation of a light and power which could transform our planet within a lifetime’.

I am still humbled by the generosity of my wonderful friends who assisted me financially with the preparation and publishing of this book. Without them the manuscript would still be on a shelf somewhere. They are Anita Heiss, John Hopkins, Harry Baruhas, Patricia Mann, Alex Robinson, Ian and Leanne McDonald, Patricia Bennett, Raeline Brady, Caitanya Kuligowski, Diane and Robert Mathews, Robert L. Suggett, Ch’kara Silverwolf, Peter and Bonnie Joy, Magdi and Steve Grgurich, Ursula and Frank Noordhoorn, Jennie Fraine, Margo Bunt, Robert Hind, Michelle Ball, Marg Watson, Yvonne Brady, Roger Carr and Helen Wells, Nik and Julie Pritchard and Arthur Pike