Storyteller Adventures
Storytelling is one of our most fundamental communication methods. Who doesn’t love hearing a good story? The fact is, we spend much of our daily lives hearing and telling stories! It’s our way of sharing information and living vicariously through the experiences of others.
During our first half-century, we have been fortunate enough to have some pretty incredible experiences and we fancy sharing our tales. We’ve called this blog, “Storyteller Adventures,” because we wanted to share some of our incidents of travel as well as to document our journey of how Vista Tranquila Publishers came into existence and how it continues. So, what does our blog include and what can you expect to find? For sure, we’ll touch on topics relevant to bilingual life, our travels around the world, the exotic foods we try, and the intriguing people we encounter. We have astonishing adventures every day though, even when we don’t go anywhere. We’ll share our mundane observations and some truly unique encounters.
Vista Tranquila Publishers is our creation but, it’s so much more than a book publishing company. We seek to tell stories that will inspire interest, promote cross-cultural understanding, and be entertaining at the same time. Our basic premise for our business is in favor of creating shared experiences and opposed to the collection of garage sale fodder. We want to make our books and our products come alive. Once you become a part of the story, the books and the handicrafts we sell become part of our shared encounter, a type of trophy you story in your memory. Everything we post on our website will tell a story. We hope you like what we’re doing, and we look forward to reading your comments!
Day at the zoo
Fundación Sobrevivientes
The Survivors Foundation (Fundación Sobrevivientes) contributes to the prevention, prosecution and eradication of violence against women and children in Guatemala. They are a non-profit and non-governmental organization, without political or religious interests. The Survivors Foundation provides support to women, children and adolescents who suffer from any type of violence.
The Survivors Foundation (Fundación Sobrevivientes) contributes to the prevention, prosecution and eradication of violence against women and children in Guatemala. They are a non-profit and non-governmental organization, without political or religious interests. The Survivors Foundation provides support to women, children and adolescents who suffer from any type of violence. On February 14, 2020, we donated books to Fundación Sobrevivientes.
La Fundación Sobrevivientes contribuye a la prevención, persecución y erradicación de la violencia contra las mujeres y los niños en Guatemala. Es una organización no gubernamental y sin fines de lucro, sin intereses políticos ni religiosos. La Fundación Sobrevivientes brinda apoyo a mujeres, niños, niñas y adolescentes que sufren cualquier tipo de violencia. El 14 de febrero de 2020, donamos libros a la Fundación Sobrevivientes.
Désirée Iturbide is a Guatemalan artist, illustrator, and art instructor. Creating art has been her passion since childhood. She especially liked drawing sketches of people and animals. As an adult, she worked as a graphic artist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland before returning to reside in Antigua, Guatemala, where she teaches watercolor workshops. Painting watercolor animals has become her specialty. She has illustrated five children’s books which feature watercolor animals.
Désirée Iturbide es una artista, ilustradora y profesora de arte guatemalteca. Desde niña le apasiona crear arte. Le gustaba especialmente dibujar retratos de personas y animales. De adulta, trabajó como artista gráfica en la Universidad de Zúrich, en Suiza, antes de regresar a Antigua, Guatemala, donde imparte talleres de acuarela. Pintar animales con acuarelas se ha convertido en su especialidad. Ha ilustrado cinco libros infantiles en los que aparecen animales pintados con acuarelas.