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New books, school visits, reviews and the occasional complaint from a Routemaster who feels under-appreciated.
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A Halloween volume is on the way
Francesca is writing a Halloween edition of the series. Fog on the Thames, a bus that will not go past the cemetery, and at least one…
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Where to start: a reading order for Beatrice and the London Bus
Three volumes, one omnibus and a common question from parents in bookshops: which one do we buy first? Here is the short answer and the longer…
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Invite Francesca to your school: how author visits work
Forty to sixty minutes, Years 2 to 5, a reading and a workshop on inventing a character out of something you walk past every day.
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Inside volume three: how do you resize a Routemaster?
A double-decker has been invited to tea at Buckingham Palace. He is eleven tons and four and a half metres tall. The Magician with the 1000…
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Writing for nine-year-olds who ask big questions
Francesca Lombardo on why the series never explains its own magic, and why the adults in it are wrong about almost everything.
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Meet RM 168 via Waterloo, the bus only big imaginations can hear
He has a route number, a destination board and a bowler hat. What he does not have is patience with people who want to photograph him.
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Press, review copies and media enquiries
What we can send you, what we need from you, and where to write. Bloggers, teachers and journalists all welcome.
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Pepe, wanted alive: the cat who made the front page
Sunglasses, a sombrero, and a newspaper cutting nobody has ever fully explained. A short profile of the series’ most suspicious resident.
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From newsrooms to fairy tales: the road to Beatrice
Twenty years of journalism, a master’s at the LCC, and a byline in most of the papers that Beatrice’s father hides behind.
Coming soon
A Halloween volume is on the way
Francesca is writing a Halloween edition of the series. Expect fog on the Thames, a bus that refuses to go past the cemetery, and at least one very cross cactus.
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