Beatrice and the London Bus Book signing

Cecco Angiolieri Book school event!
140 Children!

THE LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM

A note to the children who have attended.

Many thanks for coming along to meet me in the most wonderful venue,

The London Transport Museum!
It was such an honour to share with you stories about what inspired

the writing of Beatrice and the London Bus books and the creation of my characters.

I hope you have already started reading volume one and mostly that you are enjoying
Beatrice’ s story about her dreams, especially the dream she has to become a bus driver of a talking bus
and drive around her city to discover many wonderful things.

I hope, it’ll help you remember that not matter how weird, uncool and strange your dreams
and your imagination might appear to others ,
you should trust them and cherish them.
ALWAYS,
just like Beatrice does.
She does in fact becomes a Bus driver and really embarks on some wonderful adventures about
her wonderful town, LONDON, and with a trusted friend –
a special talking London Bus only special people can hear-
people with a great imagination.

As long as your dreams
matter to you,
and to the people who love you,
it is what matters the most.

Francesca Lombardo

A SPECIAL THANKS
TO THE LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
and the LTM staff,
for enabling me to
meet you all,
by hosting this event on Saturday.

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BFG by Roald Dahl has been adapted into a movie!

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The BFG -favourite Roald Dahl’s book of author of Beatrice and the

London Bus which has also inspired her about the friendship between Beatrice

and her mentor the London Bus has been adapted into a movie with Mark

Rylance as the BFG by Steven Spielberg. ‪

PRESS RELEASE
2016 will see a major movie adaptation of Roald Dahl’s iconic story THE BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg. “THE BFG has enchanted families and their children for more than three decades,” said Spielberg in a statement. “We are honoured that the Roald Dahl estate has entrusted us with this classic story.” The movie will be written by Melissa Mathison, who last teamed up with Spielberg on “E.T.”. It will be produced for DreamWorks by Frank Marshall with Michael Siegel and John Madden as executive producers. Production will begin in early 2015, with a planned release in 2016 – the year which marks the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth.” Luke Kelly, Roald Dahl’s grandson and incoming Managing Director of the Literary Estate, says: “Roald Dahl’s family and literary estate are both delighted that Steven Spielberg will bring his inventive genius to directing the story of the BFG and that one of Roald’s most beloved stories and characters will be brought to the screen in 2016 – a year when we will be celebrating Roald Dahl’s Centenary!” THE BFG was first published in 1982, though the character of the dream-blowing giant first appeared in print seven years earlier in Dahl’s novel DANNY, THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD (1975). The B(ig) F(riendly) G(iant) is one of Roald Dahl’s most loveable creations. He’s a friendly, dream-blowing giant with enormous ears – enabling him to hear “all the secret whisperings of the world” – and a passion for “snozzcumbers”. “frobscottle” and “whizzpopping”. When the BFG snatches Sophie from her orphanage, she is in for the adventure of her young life, which ranges from encounters with fiercer man-eating giants to breakfast with the Queen of England. THE BFG was Roald’s own favourite amongst his own books, according to his widow Felicity Dahl. The book is also Sir Quentin Blake’s favourite of his many collaborations with Roald Dahl. When illustrating the tale, Blake struggled to find the right shoes for the BFG to wear – in the end, Roald sent him one of his own giant Norwegian sandals to inspire him. It did the trick and the sandal is now proudly on display at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK

The London Bus Blog

Discover London Buses

Hello!

London Buses are very popular in London,

there are many around and everyone gets on and off to get around

the city. They are red and not so fast, but some drivers drives them so fast

that you really have to hang yourself very tight, otherwise you fall off.

But among all the buses in London, there is one that is very special.

Today I want to introduce you

this very special London Bus who is a very good

friend of mine.

RM 168 via Waterloo!

168 is his name

via Waterloo, his surname

and he is a Routemaster Bus

A very special model from the past

that everyone loves!

168 via Waterloo is a Routemaster bus, but not just any RM buses,

he is a speaking one,

– even though most people

can ‘t hear him –

and he is a very, very old bus…

the oldest bus to still travel around London

You can find out more about

RM 168 via Waterloo

at page 60 of

Beatrice and the London Bus – Book

(Vol. 1 – paperback edition on Amazon)

Bye Bye

PS; To find out more about me 🙂
and the other characters of the book,

click here;

www.beatriceandthelondonbus.co.uk/characters/