A dad from Buckinghamshire turned the bedtime story with his daughter into a book about kindness and acceptance. 

Will Davis, an overseas student recruiter from Chesham, is about to become a published author, when his first book Sisters comes out in January.

Writing the story of Grace, a young girl from Jamaica, who moves to England with her family, was Will’s way to install the message of kindness not just with his seven-year-old daughter but with other young readers like her.  

He said: “It’s very dad-focused story, because after what I went through with my daughter – I had to fight to spend time with my daughter - so it’s important to me it’s quite dad- focused.

“I fought very hard for the time I have with my daughter.

“Unfortunately, I had to go through the courts to get more or less and even split for the equal number of days and nights.”

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While the story has a happy ending when Grace meets Sarah when her family hides in a church, Will didn’t want to gloss over the “blatant racism” the Windrush generation faced in England.

He said: “There’s the dichotomy between the blatant racism of a lot of people and the response to Caribbean immigration at that time versus the response we’d like to see, the hero Sarah who comes along and saves the day.

“It’s important people understand that did happen.

“When I told it to my daughter she got so angry, and I felt that I must be doing something right.”

Will was brought up Christian before he lost his faith.

He explained: “I was told all these ways to live your life but it was about God and religion.

“I have to do that same with my daughter but I don’t have that religion.

“I’m a respecter of all religions, but I really had to find a way to tell stories that are in the Bible, Quran, Talmud and all the religious books, which have the very simple message of kindness and love to those less fortunate than us regardless of their background, regardless of where they’re from or what they look like.

“That was the fundamental message I wanted to get through to my daughter, so I had to make my own stories up.”

The key for parents to encourage children to read is about “setting the example, giving them motivation, and encouragement.”

“It’s a time when parents and children can come together, and parents can have that time with their child, and it’s really good time bonding for parents with their child. They can just shut out all the stresses of the world, and focus on the child and focus on the story.”

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