Really Useful Engines (Railway) [Import] [Hardcover]

Christopher Awdry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd (August 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140523069X
• ISBN-13: 978-1405230698
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,340,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christopher Awdry's First Book!, April 13, 2001

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Trey Holt (Pampa,Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Really Useful Engines (Railway Series) (Hardcover)

This is a great book!In'Stop Thief',The Station Master's House gets robbed!Can Thomas the Tank Engine catch the thieves?In'Mind That Bike',Percy accidently runs over Tom Tipper's Bike.In'Fish', Duck and Henry get stuck in a "fishy" situation.In 'Triple Header',Gordon needs to go to the works,so Percy,Duck,and Thomas have to pull the express together.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Time Charm!, August 24, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Really Useful Engines (Railway Series) (Hardcover)

Christopher Awdry's first book is great! Thomas helps the police find the Stationmaster's stolen gardening tropheys, Percy helps a Postman get his van back, Duck sorta helps Henry up a hill, and they have to pull the express while Gordon is ill. Great book! Hope you enjoy it!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Reliable and Wonderful, November 1, 2001

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Dee Sharp "Cruzanson" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Really Useful Engines (Railway Series) (Hardcover)

The fifth volume in Random House's reissue of the original Railway Series books, this first collection of stories by Christopher Awdry (son of Thomas originator Reverend W. Awdry) shows Christopher to be the superior writer and storyteller. The younger Awdry's writing has a finesse and his tales are fleshed out with greater details that make this volume more enjoyable for the adult reader who's reading these aloud. Beyond that - and this is valid for the entire series - these printings, with the original paintings and hardcover binding, have a wonderful feel to them, making them the kind of books that you want to have the entire collection in your bookcase, and hopefully pass on to your kids so that they can read to their children as you did with them.