WELLS, Maine — An instructor asked a group of children at Wells Elementary School this week which animal had been floating in a book they had read together. “The bee!” one of the kids enthusiastically ...

Hey, we’re with you. Given half a chance, we’d much rather hit the road than the armchair. Nothing can replace the intensity of authentic experience. Yet experience needs shape and wisdom and behind ...

“I love history,” declared David Scheffenacker Jr., telling the story of how, at age 25, he walked into a rare books store in downtown Baltimore. “The minute I walked in, I was hooked,” he said. “All ...