Paul Howard

For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself—setting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the pros—riding a small mountain-bike race should hold no fear. Still, this isn’t just any mountain-bike race. This is the Tour Divide.

Running from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border, the Tour Divide is more than 2,700 miles—500 miles longer than the Tour de France. Its...

When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds.

For young Jay Jay, Sunday dinner at Gran's house is full of hugs and kisses, tasty dishes, all kinds of fishes, happy faces, and love.

Otto wanted to know...What is the bottom of the world? -- Will I fall off? -- What is a penguin? -- What is a blizzard? -- Can't we move some place else? Otto, a penguin chick has just come into the world and is full of questions and doubts. The older male penguins especially one that has been taking care of him, Claudius, shows him the ropes as he learns who and what he is and how to live happily in the cold place he has been born into.