Route 66 is one of the most famous roads in American history, stretching nearly 2,500 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. But what makes the Mother Road so fascinating isn’t just the road itself. It’s the people, the roadside attractions, the restaurants, the artists, the characters and the stories you encounter along the way.
Author Beth Bacon, along with illustrator Jodi Woolsey, explores those stories in a new children’s book called “Route 66: Faces and Places Along America’s Most Famous Road.” It introduces young readers to some of the people and places that helped turn an ordinary highway into an American icon.