Tom Hanks loved "The Polar Express" as a book, reading it to his kids every year, to the point where he felt he had to be part of the film adaptation.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When families settle in for their annual viewing of The Polar Express this holiday season, few ...

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 ...

We want to turn back now to the conversation of holiday movies. It is a thing here on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, and a lot of our staff have strong feelings and opinions about them. But one of our ...

Four decades have passed since young readers first climbed on the North Pole-bound Polar Express along with Santa and the narrator of Chris Van Allsburg’s Christmas classic. With 14 million copies of ...