Beatrice and the London Bus - the Secrets of London: the Secrets of London

Publisher Marketing: Beatrice has a secret - many actually - and she keeps them all to herself, apart from sharing them with her best friend forever Mark, of course. What are these secrets? THE SECRETS OF LONDON. Every Sunday Beatrice embarks on a new crazy adventure with her friend London Bus, Routemaster 168 via Waterloo and discovers a city she has never imagined existed. But she also learns about the complicated grown-ups and about life: at times getting into troubles, at times helping the ones she meets along the way solving their problems, and giving them a hand to make their dreams come true. All this under the watchful eye of his friend and mentor Bus 168 via Waterloo who is always there to explains things to her. Yet, London is a city full of traps; she is captured by sloppy secret spies but helps a mysterious talking telephone box without a telephone resolve her secret problem. She meets the Mayor of London who has TWO BIG SECRETS of his own, plus he plans to get rid of the old London Bus. But if she can figure out how to help him, he might spare her friend from the scrap heap! She discovers the secret of making money in the City where she meets a charming Captain on a secret marshmallowing mission. She goes on a mega shopping spree at Parrots Store where she gets into serious trouble, making the London Bus terribly worried. But that's not all. She finds out about the secrets of Hampton Court, King Henry VIII's old summer residence. London is not the city everyone thinks it is ... Contributor Bio:  Lombardo, Francesca Francesca Lombardo is a food writer based in Sicily and a sommelier certified by the Italian Sommeliers Association. She is also a high school teacher and for almost twenty years she has been a culinary travel consultant, planning itineraries around Sicily.