- Rev. W. Awdry

My First Railway Library - Thomas & Friends: My First Railway Library: Thomas the Really Useful Engine (My First Railway Library)

By Rev. W. Awdry

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.

Author: Rev. W Awdry
Format: Board Book
Ageband: 1 to 5
Release Date: 03 Jul 2014
Pages: 16
ISBN: 978-1-4052-7504-0
Price: £6.99, £6.99 (Export Price) , €None
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.

Top 100 Children’s Book – Junior Magazine, 2019 -

‘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 -