SMALL ENGINES, medium-sized engines, and large engines—everyone has problems with those Troublesome Trucks. But there are cranes of all sizes, too, and they are always ready and able to be Really Useful and help out!
The perfect introduction to Thomas the Tank Engine! All aboard for a Railway adventure! Mighty Cranky the Crane towers overs Sodor’s Docks. But when a big storm hits the Island, will Cranky still stand tall?
The newest Bright and Early Board Book featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, this sturdy book features a simple train adventure about opposites to share with boys and girls ages 0 to 3.
What does it take to bring the entire Island of Sodor Railway System to a halt? Just a crack in the track. Well, a crack in the track and some hail on rail . . . and a toad in the road, and a fuss on the bus. In fact, one thing leads to another until just about everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Luckily, there’s a breakdown train with a couple of cranes that can fix a big mess (and they don’t mind the rain). From the Hardcover edition.
Thomas' Big Book of Beginner Books offers the following Thomas & Friends backlist favorites: Stop, Train, Stop!; A Crack in the Track; Go, Train, Go!; Blue Train, Green Train; Trains, Cranes & Troublesome Trucks; and Fast Train, Slow Train. The texts are tailored to beginning readers and will delight boys ages 3–6, whether they read them solo or listen to them read aloud.
For young Thomas & Friends fans on the go, here are four board books in a compact carry-along box with a plastic handle. The sturdy books teach toddlers ABCs, counting, colors, and opposites. Illustrated in full-color with pictures of Thomas and his many engine friends, each book focuses on a single concept that will help engine-loving boys and girls ages 1 to 3 learn their numbers, letters, and more, while they pore over pictures of dozens of Thomas and his friends, places, and things that illustrate those concepts. Carry box has a sturdy plastic handle and a tab closure.
Meet all of the engines in this Thomas & Friends board book with a padded cover! Train-loving boys and girls ages 2 to 5 will love to discover fascinating facts about Thomas, Nia, Bertie, Harold, and all their favorite Thomas & Friends characters in this sturdy board book with padded cover. In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden train engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, the Reverend W Awdry, made up to accompany the wonderful toy were first published in 1945 and became the basis for the Railway Series, a collection of books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends--and the rest is history. Thomas & Friends(TM) are now a big extended family of engines and others on the Island of Sodor. They appear not only in books but also in television shows and movies, and as a wide variety of beautifully made toys. The adventures of Thomas and his friends, which are always, ultimately, about friendship, have delighted generations of train-loving boys and girls for more than 70 years and will continue to do so for generations to come.
All the engines love springtime In this title, you can read about this special season on the Island of Sodor, when flowers bloom and lambs are born and the most exciting day of all - the day of the Great Sodor Easter Egg Hunt.
Kids can read along with Alec Baldwin as he narrates three charming tales of adventure, bravery, and perseverance from the hit TV series "Story Time with Thomas.