THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE (RAILWAY SERIES NO.2) [Import] [Hardcover]

THE REV. W. AWDRY (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 62 pages
• Publisher: HEINEMANN YOUNG BOOKS; New Ed edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0434966738
• ISBN-13: 978-0434966738
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,493,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Thomas the tank engine" is tops, February 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine (Railway Series) (Hardcover)

This book is a classic. It contains the exceptional stories Thomas and Gordon, Thomas' Train, Thomas and the trucks and Thomas and the breakdown train. In the first story, the little blue engine gets carried away with himself and gets a run for his money from Gordon. In the next, Henry is ill so Thomas takes his passenger train with embarrasing results. In the one after, Thomas has a go with some troublesome trucks. Finally, while he is shunting, Thomas notices James having some trouble with some trucks, he gets a hold of the breakdown train and saves James and gets a Branch line of his very own with two coaches.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the original, April 5, 2008

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Nancy (Berwyn, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine Anniversary Edition (Thomas & Friends) (Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) (Hardcover)

I love that this is the original oldy-timey version of the Thomas stories. My son loves the illustrations. The size is easy to handle. There are about 3-4 stories per book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the original stories., May 11, 2010

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Denmark Jensen (Carson City, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine Anniversary Edition (Thomas & Friends) (Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) (Hardcover)

I was disappointed to find that these are not the stories as originally published (as they seem to purport to be). Changes have been made in the text to match the changes for the U.S. television series ("trucks" to "freight cars", Sir Topham Hatt, etc.) It is very frustrating when publishers feel they need to change something that was so great to begin with. The original illustrations are here and are great, but I'd suggest finding an older copy of the book or a collection with the author's original text if you are really interested in the Thomas stories as they were originally published.