- Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends: First Words

By Thomas & Friends

Learn first words with Thomas & Friends in this bright and colourful board book.

Join Thomas and his friends as they chug around Sodor and learn first words. Filled with bright and colourful pictures, this fun board book will help little ones learn familiar words of things in the world around them.

Visit Tidmouth sheds, point to the animals on the farm and head to the beach to find the easy-to-read labels on each page. This is the perfect early learning book for Thomas & Friends fans.

Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 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.

Format: Board Book
Ageband: 1 to 5
Release Date: 07 Jul 2022
Pages: 16
ISBN: 978-0-00-851087-9
Price: £6.99, £6.99 (Export Price) , €None
The Thomas the Tank engine 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.

‘A global icon, with more than 20 TV series made.’, BBC news -

"Thomas the Tank Engine has been a comforting, familiar face to so many families … entertaining, educating and inspiring children on important issues through exciting stories and characters. I certainly have fond memories of growing up with Thomas & Friends and being transported to new places through his adventures.", Prince Harry -