Green communities: Evie brings children’s book to life

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.