When Tom Hanks pitched a screen version of Chris Van Allsburg's beloved picture book, "The Polar Express," the author-illustrator drew a friendly line in the sand. Van Allsburg wanted no razzle-dazzle ...

Chris Van Allsburg’s The Polar Express, which has enchanted children and adults for three decades, has a fresh new look on bookstore shelves this holiday season. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for ...

From his early days as a sculptor to his success as a children’s book author and illustrator, the Rhode Island School of Design alum shares his own story When I was 8 — on the cusp of believing, on ...

SPENCER — “The Polar Express” has captured the imaginations of children everywhere since it was first published as a picture book in 1985 and made into a film in 2004. Now, the North Carolina ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. To help fans and passengers get into the holiday spirit, Chris Van Allsburg will ...

One of the newest holiday traditions is the celebration of the Polar Express franchise by turning traditional trains into living embodiments of the classic story. From children to adults, anyone who ...

At Christmas, I love curling up with my kids to read "The Polar Express" or watching Tom Hanks tell the story in the animated version of the now classic book. But, here in North Carolina, you have ...

Few actors can boast the kind of long-running success that Tom Hanks has. Though the actor got his start in comedies and sitcoms in the early 1980s, Hanks has since gone on to grow into one of the ...