- Farshore

Thomas and Friends: The Story of Thomas the Tank Engine

By Farshore

A special picture book edition with a gold foiled cover of the original, classic story introducing Thomas the Tank Engine!

This is a beautifully-illustrated story about Thomas the little blue Tank Engine, who worked really hard on The Fat Controller’s railway. Every day he puffed around Sodor shunting trucks and pulling freight. But what he dreamed about was having his very own branch line …

Thomas & Friends is a great way to pass on the tradition of Thomas to early readers. Children aged 2 and up will love meeting classic characters such as Percy, James, Gordon, and Toby down on The Fat Controller’s railway.

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

Other picture books about Thomas the Tank Engine include:

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Dinosaurs 9781405293112

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Spring Surprise – 9781405292917

Thomas & Friends: A Day at the Football – 9781405289238

Thomas & Friends: A Visit to London for Thomas the Tank Engine – 9781405281263

Format: Paperback
Ageband: 1 to 5
Release Date: 01 Oct 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 978-1-4052-9744-8
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.

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