Tell a kid it's time to read a poem and you might get a groan. Tell that same kid "hey batter batter, swing ___ ___!" and watch them finish the line without missing a beat. That's the secret hiding in plain sight: kids are surrounded by poetry every day. They just know it as something else...

For a lot of kids, Spanish is the language of home — the one spoken at the dinner table, at abuela's house, in the car on the way to school. For other kids, it's a language they're just discovering, one they're excited to make their own. Either way, learning to read in Spanish takes a different set ...

Between new shoes, sharpened pencils, and a backpack that somehow still smells brand new, back-to-school season brings a mix of excitement and nerves for kids — and honestly, for the grown-ups dropping them off, too. These six Xist Publishing picture books cover the whole morning, from the cha...