Colombian singer Carlos Vives said today at the XXX International Book Fair of Bogota (FILBO) that the book is one of the most powerful food for the minds of children and called them to approach this world. "The book is food for the minds of our children and breast milk is important for the health of our children," Vives said during the presentation of "Magic Book Pombo 2" (Planeta), which along with other artists sings fables and stories of the writer and diplomat Rafael Pombo (1833-1912). In 2008, Vives produced the first version of "Pombo Musical", which with other artists songs became the fables of the Colombian author, and that album the following year won the Latin Grammy for "Best Children's Album". While Vives autographed books, the public, where there were children, youth and adults, the characters of fables out of the pages and mixed with people. It was the rabbit and the wolf, "Poor little old lady" or "Juan Matachín" among other characters came to life in the bodies of men and women who disguised encouraged the day of signatures lasted more than two hours.
Amid the bustle, Vives invited to "motivate the family to the fair is increasingly a family event and we come all to see the new authors, to see the new literature, to seek the classics, to cultivate the soul and spirit ". In matters of taste, Vives said his favorite book was "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, like "Tipacoque" another Colombian writer Eduardo Caballero Calderon, which tells the tables and customs the peasants of the department of Boyaca, in the center of the country. However, amid laughter, he said the "better, better, was 'The Magic Book Pombo 2'". "It is my pleasure to present the second volume of 'The Magic book Pombo' and its respective volume two of 'Pombo Musical'. A hundred years after his death, santafereño poet he continues to surprise us with his pen excelsa" wrote Lives in the book's foreword. He explained that the funds raised by the book will go to social programs Initiative "After Pearl America", with the consensus of the community, working for the transformation of Pescaíto neighborhood of Caribbean Santa Marta, his hometown . On the musical side, besides Vives involved in traditional fables of Pombo artists like Monsieur Perine Chocquibtown, Fanny Lu, Gusi, Heritage Timbiquí, Ciegossordomudos, Jorge Celedón, Andres Cepeda, La Martina and Mario Perilous, vocalist Dr. Krápula .
