Since our first joint books, Liliana and me have not stopped visiting schools, libraries, bookstores, and all kinds of literary events. Sometimes, we have done it so intensively that we ended up literally exhausted every school year when June arrives. You have to consider that Saint George's Day has turned into Saint George's Week, practically ending up as the month of Saint George, and we are already heading towards the next quarter. This makes the end of the school year always exhausting. So, at the end of June, we always say to ourselves that we need to take it easy.
However, when September comes, we hit the road again, eagerly and gladly, as if we felt the need ā and we do ā to be as close to our little readers as possible. Moreover, let's not fool ourselves; the children's audience is grateful to the infinite, and their enthusiasm is an absolute energy boost. If not, how can we explain that, in the midst of Covid, we came up with 'The Most Absurd Tour in the World' just to be with our readers, even if only through screens?
We have a thousand anecdotes with kids who came to see us at bookstores, schools, and wherever else (theaters, museums, squares, streets, civic centers, etc.). Among all these anecdotes, there is one we will never forget. One day at Altell, the bookstore in Banyoles, a boy gave us a letter. We signed his books, took a photo with him, and thanked him for the letter. Later, as we were already on our way home in the car, Liliana opened the letter. There was a drawing of Agus Pianola and Mr. Flat, and underneath, a brief and concise sentence: 'I believe in you.'
A sentence like 'I believe in you' justifies on its own all the on-the-roads in the world and makes us understand that we are from the Bob Dylan school that invented the never-ending tour. What a phrase! Truly, as Foix said, a shot is an impact.
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