Probably you learned by now that Tanja is in Africa. Skipping a lady's program she joined a team climbing the Kilimanjaro. The highest mountain of Africa. Afterwards she will visit the Ngorongoro, a dead volcano. It is not as the name suggest another fire spitting mountain to climb for Tanja. The Ngorongoro is a dead volcano with the only difference that this one imploded. It exploded inwards....
Captain Squack searches the "wide land" with his binoculars, looking for the Green Treasure. Rain makes the grass green and juicy, a treasure for the Wildebeest. Looking for this "Green Treasure" by following the sweet earthy smell of rain, the Wildebeest walk the same circle every year. „This migration circle is a circle of life for the Wildebeest“, Tata explains to the adventurous captain...
A new year is laying ahead with life to challenge us and to make a difference. One of our challenges is to bring The Big Journey of Tata&Squack, the Great Migration of the Wildebeest under the attention of children. As did an adventurous Zoo director sixty years ago. He took his son, Michael Grzimek, on animal collecting trips to Africa. Young Michael produced a film about one of his father's...
Right in front of us is a big brown wildebeest, nibbling grass. Suddenly the wildebeest startles and his eyes grow big with fear. A human being and a strange looking little lion stand in front of him! “Hi,” I stammer, impressed by the gigantic beast, “my name is Tata and this here is Squack.” The wildebeest relaxes and says: “My name is Moyo. Lucky me, I thought for a moment that your friend was...
This time of year, Christmas, is magical. A red silver sparkling colorful time where almost all children believe in Santa Claus and his elf's. Even the adults feel the magic in the air when decorating the Christmas tree, swirling little lights around its green branches. For Tata it must have felt like Christmas when suddenly out of a magic swirl Squack came into her life. Startled at first, but...
Samstag waren Tata&Squack mit ihrem Zebraflugzeug zu Gast bei der Buchhandlung Kortes in Hamburg Blankenese. Für kleine Helden gab es eine Bastelaktion: Gestalte das Flugzeug von Tata&Squack und gewinne das Buch! Der tollen Bastelbogen kam von der Papeterie Credenza. Es wurde fleißig gemalt und geklebt. Die tollen Flieger hängen jetzt im Schaufenster und warten darauf zu gewinnen. Während...
Begin november stuurden we ons boek ter promotie door heel Nederland waaronder de redactie van RTL4. Het bleef lang spannend of Carlo&Irene Tata&Squack in hun programma Life4You aan de kijker zouden voorstellen. Afgelopen zondag gebeurde het toch. Vooral het door de mist vertraagde vliegtuig van Il Divo, vier goed uitziende klassiek geschoolde zangers, was, mede door de aanwezigheid van de...
In early 2008 we started to develop the story of Tata&Squack - The Big Journey and the characters in word and in design. Questions had to be answered: what would we like her to wear, which colors, what kind of body-lanquage do we want her to display in the illustrations. This development process I loved tremendously; the creation of something new. It took more than a few brainstorms to...
