Tired of city life and corporate jobs, they head off to a charming town on the Eastern Shore to write children’s books in a barn. Here’s the reality, a few years later: The kids are out of school.

It isn't a book as a "vector for an educational tool," he said. "It's our job to make books that kids want to read." And that same philosophy extends to how kids choose what they want to read.

When parents and young children read print books, they talked more about the ... Therefore, a vital job is strategizing how to level the playing field, where possible, between print and digital.” ...