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Normand Chartier

Normand Chartier is a Connecticut artist who lives in the rural "Quiet Corner" of the state. He is an accomplished rising watercolorist and a nationally celebrated children's book illustrator. His luminous impressionistic watercolor paintings have won numerous awards and have found their way into more than 250 public and private collections around the country. He is an elected artist member of the Mystic Art Association (Mystic, Connecticut) and is a past member of the Northeastern Connecticut Art Guild and the Boothbay (Maine) Region Art Foundation.

Books

Books for Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Every May we celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Browse a curated selection of fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators that we think your students will love. Find our collection of titles here: Elementary School

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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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