In Peques and More we present a interview with Ana García-Siñeriz Y Jordi Labanda that tell us about the book collection Zoé's Band. Ana is a television journalist, early reader and devourer of children's and youth literature. The literary project of La Banda de Zoé allows you to stay tuned for trends, current affairs and culture. You can also say that Zoé and his band are ideal friends for today's children. Jordi Labanda He is an internationally recognized illustrator with a magnificent professional career collaborating on many successful projects. In La Banda de Zoé he does a beautiful job as children's illustrator.
What did you get inspired to create La Banda de Zoé
In my children's and youth readings, basically in the books of The five, and in evil characters like Cruella de Vil, mixed with other movies that I like like Marilyn's Intolerable cruelty, of the Coen brothers or even some Spanish socialite that I am not going to mention. And for Zoé's character, in my daughter ...
What kind of adventures can be found in La Banda de Zoé
Very crazy and fun adventures (I hope) with a touch of travel and famous characters that give it a very contemporary look. What I propose is that the readers have a lot of fun and from there, that they begin to consider reading as something fun.
What values can children find in these works
For example, that of teamwork, friendship, respect for nature and healthy eating. Or good education as a passport to travel through life. I try to give clues in the complements to each chapter, but always, as Mary Poppins said, with a little sugar.
Why is there a bad (in this case bad: Amanda tells me my daughter's name) in the works. What characteristics does this character have and what is his aesthetic?
Your daughter is right, the bad one is called Amanda. There always has to be a bad guy to animate the thing. If there is no conflict, there is no plot or interest. She desperately tries to marry the father of the protagonist, Zoé. He loves animals in the form of a skin complement and that dictates to his mobile phone. It has the aesthetics of an idle woman and turned in herself. And it's very funny because you see the duster ... too much!
The bad one is called Amanda and there always has to be a bad guy to cheer things up!
What do the children of La Banda de Zoé tell you every time you meet them?
That they love it, that we please continue writing and illustrating more books and that they are their favorites among all the others. It is what you have to be a fan. And we have many!
What we have to do parents to encourage children to read amid the homework, tablets, video games and more stimuli that current children have
Give them what they like. Try to make reading fun enough to compete with a video game. And time and good books will do the rest.
What new adventures await La Banda de Zoé in his travels around the world
If I tell him it is no longer funny. Zoe is scheduled to leave soon in Barcelona and Zoe in River and probably later, they will travel to Venice.
What new proposals does the Top Secret series include
The proposals of Zoé Top Secret they are more homemade, in the sense that they live adventures almost without leaving home, in their environment, their school, their area of influence.
What other products are you thinking of doing with La Banda de Zoé
For now, we get books, later, we'll see. But we are thinking of declining the collection.
What new characters will appear in La Banda de Zoé soon
They will go out with each book.
How would you like your little readers to evolve and what books and authors do you recommend when they grow up?
In each book reference is made to other books. Since Julio Verne and his adventure books that were always my favorites to The guardian among the rye, when they are a little older. I would like that when they were older they kept my books as lovingly as I keep those of Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton or Borita Casas.
In each book of La Banda de Zoé reference is made to many other classic works of children's and youth literature
We have taken the opportunity to include a question to Jordi Labanda: What new and attractive designs will you prepare for La Banda de Zoé?
We are finalizing the layout of the next Zoé adventure that is titled Zoé in Barcelona. The story is very crazy and very funny. This book takes place during the preparation of some important awards of the music industry in the city of Barcelona. I have enjoyed drawing the models that the participants look at the gala, you'll see!
On the other hand, the author of the collection, Ana García-Siñeriz, just sent me the text of the adventure that will follow to Barcelona. I cannot reveal where the action takes place, I can only advance that it is in a South American country where people really like to celebrate the carnival.
And so far the interview with the authors of Zoé's BandI thank Alba Peña of Ediciones Destino for your help to carry out the interview and of course we want to thank Ana already Jordi Your collaboration to explain many details of this entertaining and cheerful collection of books.
We are waiting for the next event to present more news of this interesting series because my daughter has established a relationship of complicity with the author since she presented the first issues. I think Ana is very generous with her readers because in the case of my daughter it is very fun to see them when they meet, for now we have met three times, and take the opportunity to tell each other new plots and new characters. And, as Ana also told me during the presentation of Top Secret, the goal is for children to approach reading as we have all done as children and as they grow up they will have time to decide and find new references.
