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Crix Sheridan

CRIX SHERIDAN is a creator, illustrator, and designer calling the great Pacific Northwest home. Born east of the Rockies and west of the island of Manhattan, Crix studied screenwriting, film, philosophy, and art in school and at university. He took second prize in a one-act play contest while living abroad in Dublin during his studies of theatre. After years of traveling and trying his hand at various fields, he came back to study graphic design. His distinct visual style combines the energy of animation and his love of rich, detailed illustrations. In comics he has contributed to titles including Plants vs. Zombies and Usagi Yojimbo. His own graphic novels include The Motorcycle Samurai and the all-ages comic Spacebat and the Fugitives with Top Shelf. His work The Trouble Makers was developed with his niece and nephews and is about them as superheroes. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife and their two bikes.

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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