James the Red Engine (Thomas & Friends) [Board book]

Rev. W. Awdry (Author), Owain Bell (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Thomas & Friends

James the Red Engine rushes under the bridge to take freight cars to the Yard, but he is going too fast and falls off the track into a field of cows. Thomas saves the day by bringing a special breakdown train that helps lift James back onto the rails. Back at the shed, the workmen make James as good as new.

The working wheels at the bottom of the book let Thomas fans take James for a ride, too!

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

This classic small hardcover includes four stories. James has an accident, gets the hiccups, and has trouble with his freight cars, but still saves the day by pulling the express when Gordon loses his way. Part of The Railway Series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 14 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (August 27, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679815902
• ISBN-13: 978-0679815907
• Product Dimensions: 4 x 1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > Children's Books > Transportation > Trains

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars James the Really Useful Red Engine, April 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: James the Red Engine (Railway Series) (Hardcover)

James, who crashed in the last story of Thomas the tank engine, settles down and becomes a very useful engine. He has 4 stories all to his self, James and the Top-hat, James and the Bootlace, Troublesome trucks and James and the Express. In the first story, he and Edward double head a passenger train in which James gets too excited for his own good at the big station and ruins Sir Topham Hatt's Top Hat. Then, he takes some coaches out after being given into trouble by Sir Topham Hatt, who threatens to take away his red coat and have him painted blue. He bangs the coaches so badly that he causes a leak in the pipe which is repaired by, of all things, a passenger's bootlace. He is sent to the shed in disgrace and left there to think about what he's done. But one day, Sir Topham Hatt comes to see him and tells him to pull some trucks for him and in the end keeps his red coat. In the last story, after being teased by Gordon, he pulls the Express and gives the big engine a showing up by proving that he is not the only engine who can pull the Express after all.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Used, not in great condition. No sound, January 21, 2011

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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: James the Red Engine (Thomas Face Board Books) (Board book)

I bought this book "used, in good condition" on Amazon from the seller. There is a sound function (I guess you're supposed to be able to press the nose and hear a sound) this doesn't work. I am disappointed and so is my son.