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
Kimberly Mathis Pitts
Kimberly Mathis Pitts, originally from Sylva, North Carolina has a B.A. in Spanish from Western Carolina University. She completed a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of New Mexico. Her interest in bilingual education and literacy grew as her two sons, Forrest and Walker, attended a dual language immersion school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She spend 25 years teaching in private and public schools and universities in Mexico and the United States. She is the award-winning author of The Magical Skies of Sumpango/ Los cielos mágicos de Sumpango, Antigua’s Amazing Sawdust Carpets/ Las increíbles alfombras de aserrín de Antigua, and Fernando Llort: Pintando La Palma/Painting La Palma and is a member of Hispanic Heritage Literature Organization Milibrohispano.
Kimberly Mathis Pitts, originaria de Sylva, Carolina del Norte, es licenciada en Lengua y Literaturas Hispánicas por la Western Carolina University. Realizó un máster en Estudios Latinoamericanos y un doctorado en Sociología en la Universidad de Nuevo México. Su interés por la educación bilingüe y la alfabetización creció cuando sus dos hijos, Forrest y Walker, asistieron a una escuela de inmersión lingüística dual en Albuquerque, Nuevo México. Pasó 25 años impartiendo clases en colegios privados y públicos y en universidades de México y Estados Unidos. Es la galardonada autora de The Magical Skies of Sumpango/ Los cielos mágicos de Sumpango, Antigua's Amazing Sawdust Carpets/ Las increíbles alfombras de aserrín de Antigua, y Fernando Llort: Pintando La Palma/Painting La Palma y es miembro de la Organización de Literatura de Herencia Hispánica Milibrohispano.