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Dave Croatto

Dave Croatto, a long-time writer-editor at MAD Magazine, lives in New Jersey with his wife and two small children. Once, in a diner, Dave saw a woman take a spoonful of complimentary mints from a bowl by the cash register, and put the spoon directly into her mouth. This experience still haunts him and informs every single thing that he writes.

Books

PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

Translanguaging is a communicative practice of bilinguals and multilinguals, that is, it is a practice whereby bilinguals and multilinguals use their entire linguistic repertoire to communicate and make meaning (García, 2009; García, Ibarra Johnson, & Seltzer, 2017)   It is through that lens that we have partnered with teacher educators and bilingual education experts, Drs.

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PRH Education Classroom Libraries

“Books are a students’ passport to entering and actively participating in a global society with the empathy, compassion, and knowledge it takes to become the problem solvers the world needs.” –Laura Robb   Research shows that reading and literacy directly impacts students’ academic success and personal growth. To help promote the importance of daily independent

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