Remember last week I told you that it was International Literacy Day on the 8th of September! Well, I am super stoked. My latest book – Sibo on the Move – which is all about the Gautrain and how you should behave when you travel on public transport – is being launched on this very day in the Rosebank Gautrain Station.
How cool is that!
Wait! I hear you say… how on earth did you, Sibo, get to write a book about the Gautrain?
Actually it’s quite a funny story. We were busy with the road safety book – Sibo Looks Right. Not sure if you remember but actually we crowdfunded for this book so that we could share it with as many kids as possible. Sadly we did not get enough money to print thousands of copies to distribute – but we did print a few and share them around the place. Plus of course the e-book is on my website for anybody to freely read.
Magically (there was a bit more to it than that – but we’ll leave it there) Gautrain got to hear about my road safety book and asked us all to a meeting. We thought that maybe they wanted to donate some money towards this book but it turned out, in fact, that they wanted their own Sibo book.
This is the book that is going to be launched on the 8th of September. Actually it is also going to be used for transport month. This happens in October every year. There is a serious drive in Jozi to minimize traffic on the roads and everybody is encouraged to use public transport as much as possible.
In fact – to make sure that people actually do this, some of the roads are closed off – so that people have to use public transport to get where they want to go – or walk!
This is part of the reason that Sibo on the Move was written – to help people remember that there is some etiquette to be adhered to when travelling on trains and buses.
Simple things like…
- don’t listen to loud music
- don’t put your feet on the seats
- don’t sit in the seats that are allocated for the disabled or elderly
- wait until people get off the train or bus before you jump on… and
- eergghhhh – never ever stick chewing gum under the seat – that is beyond gross.
Travel safely people!
Sibo
PS – If you want to read this book – it’s also freely available on www.sibo.co.za – just click on the cover of the book.