Customer Reviews

Happy Birthday, Thomas!

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"Thomas does not want to work today. It is his birthday! He wants a party, with presents, balloons, and silly hats. But Sir Topham Hatt says, `Henry is busy. Gordon is busy. James is busy. You must work today, Thomas.'" -From the book

Even though it is his birthday, Thomas is sent out to work on the railway. He works hard all day long, and is sad that no one wishes him a happy birthday. Has everyone forgotten?

At the end of the day, a dejected Thomas chugs into the darkened shed. "Some birthday", he thinks.

Just then the lights go on-and Thomas is given a wonderful surprise from the other engines, railway employees, and Sir Topham Hatt!

Happy Birthday, Thomas! is a Step 1 "Step into Reading" book that is geared to children in Preschool to Grade 1. The type is large, the sentences are short, and the illustrations are bright and colorful. There are no insults traded among the trains in this book, unlike the Thomas the Tank Engine stories geared to older children.

My 3 year old son loves Thomas right now. In this book, Thomas is sad because he must work on his birthday. But, while he works, his friends plan a surprise party for him. The language is very simple, and the simple vocabulary repeats often. So it is very easy for young children to understand and enjoy. My 3 year old can tell the story page by page. My 22 month old son can tell parts of the story. They fight over the book. I rated the book 4 stars instead of 5 because children who don't know Thomas might not look at it right away. But it is a lovely story, with very nice illustrations. The book is short, so it keeps their attention until the end.

I bought this book for my first grader to read to her 19 month old brother, and it has quickly become my little one's favorite book. The illustrations are beautiful, and the text is simple. The concepts are riveting for little ones - trains, birthday, surprises, and a cow on the train tracks. We all enjoy this book, but my toddler absolutely loves it.

I am buying this book for my son and daughter (3 and 5 respectively). They both love Thomas and my son particularly loves this book. He can hardly wait to get to the end where Sir Topham Hatt and the gang yell "Surprise!"

He even presses his face against Thomas' on the last page and quietly whispers "Happy Birthday" to his favorite steamie.

A wonderful addition to any Thomas fan's library.

This is a great book and was lots of fun at our three-year-old's birthday party. In the story, Thomas thinks everyone forgot his birthday but he ends up with a surprise party. Now my nephew thinks he and Thomas share the same birthday!
Sturdy, colorful- good buy.

Love Thomas - celebrate with him. We got this book for a friend and we also got the train set "birthday Thomas" to go with it!!

I felt that it was time for my grandson to get familiar with the concept of reading - he just turned 3. He loves books and this one was about one of his favorite topics - Thomas the tank engine. We need to do more work before he is able to read, but it is a good start.

My 2yr old loves this book. She has been trying to read it for a couple months now. In fact we have purchased two so far because the first one was starting to get worn out. I would recommend this book to everyone, it is so adorable

We bought it for him for his 2nd birthday and he loves to "read" it over and over. Very cute for any little one who loves Thomas.

Gave this to our grandson for his birthday, and it was a great choice and he likes sharing a birtday with Thomas.