The Okay Fray is a children’s book for adults — a lyrical, whimsical fable written in progressive rhyme. With echoes of the poetic playfulness of Dr Seuss and Lewis Carroll, it follows the journey of three Weary Wary Wanderers who, disillusioned and frustrated by the chaos of the world around them, leave their homes with no plan, no promise, and little hope — only a longing for something better.
Their journey leads them, unexpectedly, to The Okay Fray, a Village of Joy, where life is lived differently. As the Weary Wary Wanderers slowly relearn trust, connection, and what it means to live well, readers are invited into their own quiet reckoning for a better world.
Through playful language and gentle wisdom, The Okay Fray speaks to adults navigating the confusion and disconnection of today’s world, and the search for meaning — offering a story that feels light in form, yet resonant, inspiring hope, and restorative in spirit.
Imagine an Affirmative team being met with a Cooperative team; a Mindful Coordinator chairing the debate; and a Mentor who doesn’t judge, score or rate, yet instead meters out a series of Guidances. Now you have a Collaborative Debate – a debate that may actually get us somewhere beyond the argument, towards the solutions that we are seeking. A debate where the skills that young people are learning are not simply for the sake of learning – they are life skills.
An author and educator, Margaret is a thought leader in peace education and founder of The Gandhi Experiment.
Margaret has been Head of Campus at Preshil School and holds a Master of Educational Studies. Her first novel, Clarity in Time, published in 2012, explores how the protagonist comes to understand that to make a difference in this world, you can no longer remain a passive bystander. Her most recent book, The Gandhi Experiment: Teaching our teenagers how to become global citizens has been endorsed by Rajmohan Gandhi, Gandhi’s grandson. As the creator and author of Collaborative Debating, Margaret has developed a refreshing approach to non-adversarial, solution-focused debating into schools and the corporate world.
Margaret is the recipient of the 2016 Sir John Monash Award for Inspirational Women’s Leadership.
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