The perfect first introduction to everyone's favourite engine - Thomas! Meet Sodor's number 1 engine and read about his jobs, his adventures and his friends.

With a young rhyming text and bright colourful pages this is the perfect first Thomas book.

Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for 75 years. He ranks alongside other beloved characters such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.

About the Author

The Thomas the Tank engines stories were created by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, who was born in Hampshire in 1911. He grew up close to the railway and was convinced that the steam engines all had different personalities. He used to imagine conversations between them. Later when he was grown up and his son Christopher became ill with measles, Wilbert told stories Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends to entertain him. Christopher asked for more and more stories and Wilbert began writing them down. The first of the Railway Series books was published in 1945, and Awdry wrote 26 Railway books in total before his son, Christopher, took over the series. There have since been multiple, hugely popular, Thomas the Tank Engine TV series and films.

Reviews

Top 100 Children's Book - Junior Magazine, 2019

Book Information
ISBN 9781405275040
Author Rev. W. Awdry
Page Count 16
Imprint Farshore
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 170mm * 170mm * 6mm