Evie bus character brings children’s book to life for Badger Hill Primary pupils
- Life-size character surprises children at York primary school
- Children’s storybook published by First Bus in North and West Yorkshire
- Tinyfoot and Evie’s Adventure to Tiny Street features Evie the electric bus and her friend Tinyfoot.
- Tale to help schools and parents teach youngsters about carbon footprint and greener choices
- All funds raised to support Macmillan
A children’s book to help young minds begin to understand about reducing carbon and environmental choices has been published by First Bus in North and West Yorkshire.
Tinyfoot and Evie’s Adventure to Tiny Street features Evie the electric bus and her friend Tinyfoot. And a life-size Evie character visited Badger Hill Primary School in York to the surprise of youngsters in its Reception class, who enjoyed a first reading of the book by Cllr Kate Ravilious, the Executive Member for Transport at City of York Council.
This colourful tale takes young readers on a trip where they meet lots of characters and learn about how electric buses can help reduce their carbon footprint and the cleaner air benefits to communities.
To accompany the book, First Bus has also created an activity pack with colouring-in sheets, word searches and education resources for use by schools and parents.
Lucy Mottram from First Bus North & West Yorkshire said: “This is a little book with a big message. We came up with the idea as a simple and engaging way to tell the story of how much bus travel is changing and its role in supporting climate change targets.”
Copies are available from https://www.firstbus.co.uk/west-yorkshire/about-us/first-bus-storybook All proceeds raised from sales will go to Macmillan Cancer Support, the national charity partner of First Bus.
Cllr Ravilious said: "This is a great initiative and I really enjoyed my visit to Badger Hill Primary. Tinyfoot and Evie will help to inspire the next generation of bus passengers and I’m delighted the book will support Macmillan too.”
Deputy Head Teacher, Nicola McEvoy said: “"It was lovely to have a visit from Evie, the electric bus. The children were full of excitement to sit on the bus and enjoyed listening to the engaging story, which really helped the children to understand about their carbon footprint and how it would shrink in size! We were all very keen to colour in our own Evie in the library afterwards!"
Lucy Mottram added: “The story not only introduces the benefits of public transport in a fun way but also encourages children to think about making greener choices from an early age. We’re really pleased with the result – the designers and illustrator have done a brilliant job.”
The book has been designed by an agency Cravens and illustrated by Emily Cooksey.
Picture captions:
Group 1: Badger Hill pupils surround Cllr Ravilious (centre) with (left) Nicola McEvoy and Teaching Assistant Emily Nicholls.
Group 2: Badger Hill pupils surround Cllr Ravilious (centre) with (from left), Joel Bradley, General Manager of First Bus in York, Nicola McEvoy and Teaching Assistant Emily Nicholls.
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