ORLANDO, Fla. — It was the trip of a lifetime, one in which an adventure-seeking woman made history. It's fitting that Martha Esch’s “barnstorming” journey across 48 contiguous states ...

It’s often said that we’re living in a Golden Age of children’s literature.There are 10,000 or so new titles published each year in the UK, accounting for an astonishing one in three books sold.