The next adventure of Tata&Squack will evolve around one of the most special animals on our planet, Africa's largest land mammal, the elephant. A wild animal that has been in Africa for a very long time, much longer than man has. Known for their social behavior and intelligence, the elephants live a family life. We worked on the new story in the Samburu National Reserve, where we observed and...
I have known Tanja for nearly 10 years by now. We met each other in Hamburg, both being a foreigner in a new city. Back then a mutual friend forgot to take a baby bed during her visit to Tanja&Willem. After Sekt and fresh strawberries in our little garden in the Mottenburgerstrasse, Tanja and I started to see each other on a regular basis. This is how I “met” the red chair standing in front of...
At the end of the adventure the Big Journey, Tata&Squack find themselves in big danger. Hungry crocodiles are lying silently in the river, waiting to attack the crossing wildebeest at just the right moment... Moyo is attacked and Tata&Squack fly through the air, underneath them big crocodile jaws. A scene which has nothing to do with a undisturbed swim of a group of elephants at the...
Wir bedanken uns bei LovelyBooks und bei allen die mitgemacht haben für das tolle Leseabenteuer! Alles war super organisiert. Es hat uns sehr viel Spaß gemacht eure Karten, die tollen Bilder und die coolen Flugzeuge zu sehen. Es gab sogar eine tolle Urkunde. Wir haben alle Einsendungen bekommen und posten sie gerne noch mal auf unserer Facebookseite. Wir haben uns auch riesig gefreut über...
Der "Förderkreis Historisches Blankenese" hat im Fischerhaus ein Heimatmuseum eingerichtet. Im Garten des Fischerhauses, hoch über der Elbe im Blankeneser Treppenviertel wurde am Wochenende der dritte Blankeneser Literaturtag veranstaltet. 14 zeitgenössische Autoren lasen aus ihren Werken. Auch der im Treppenviertel ansässige twikga Verlag durfte nicht fehlen. Das Publikum hörte gebannt den...
"Squack, look, am I dreaming, that must be the Serengeti Highway!" "What do you mean, Tata, are they building a highway right through the Serengeti? How are the animals going to migrate? They will die if they do not have enough fresh grass and water." "Well, yes, but animals do not count as much as people and money. Politicians have been talking about that road for years. They are also...
At the end of September I will be joining the Dekkers to the Samburu National Park in Kenya Africa, where we will research a new adventure of Tata&Squack. I will at last meet the plant, animal and bird life of a part of Africa which is especially known for it's elephant population. The Samburu elephants have been researched by Ian Douglas-Hamilton and his team of "Save the Elephants" for a long...
We have a great time chilling on Moyo’s back under a huge parasol. “Actually, this parasol is an umbrella acacia,” explains Moyo. “A cold sparkling lemonade would be delicious now,” says Squack as he rummages around my bag. Indeed, he pulls out two fizzy drinks. It feels like a holiday. “How long will we stop?”, I ask. “As you may have noticed, it’s getting quite hot. We’ll wait here until it...
