Trouble for Thomas and Other Stories (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Random House Picturebacks (Pb)) [Library Binding]

W. Awdry (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Random House Picturebacks (Pb)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Thomas the Tank Engine learns about the dangers of fishing, traveling in the snow, and pulling freight cars.

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Full-color photos. Thomas gets more than he bargains for when he pulls Edward's freight cars in the title story. Also included are "Thomas Saves the Day," "Thomas Goes Fishing," and "Terence the Tractor."   --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (November 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613845277
• ISBN-13: 978-0613845274
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,244,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What is *THAT* smell? (A review of Trouble for Thomas), July 15, 2005

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trouble for Thomas and Other Stories (Random House Pictureback) (Paperback)

Okay, Ringo Starr is not the best narrator, and the pictures are a bit fuzzy and not all that great having been taken from the TV series video tape and enlarged past what their quality would support; and Thomas (on the cover) does look like his going to `hurl', but little people just don't seem to care and so we give this book and cassette, Four Stars.

There are 4 stories in this collection:

Trouble for Thomas
Thomas Saves the Day
Thomas Goes Fishing
Terence the Tractor

For those of you who can't remember the plot lines I have summarized them below.

In `Trouble for Thomas', kind Edward trades jobs with Thomas so that our favorite Steamie is off to end his boredom by pushing freight cars instead of coaches. The cars get the better of him though because he hasn't listened to Edwards advice. (A frequent Thomas problem.)

In `Thomas Saves the Day' it is poor James' turn to get into trouble with those troublesome trucks. They force him to go off the line. (Wooden brakes, you know). Thomas saves the day by quickly getting the break-down train to the scene, where fortunately James is embarrassed, but unhurt. At the end of this story, James gets new brakes, and Thomas gets his own branch line and Annie and Clarabel.

In `Thomas Goes Fishing', we find out that Thomas loves to stop and watch the river, unfortunately fate and his driver seldom allow him to do so. When he meets the other engines he repeats his dissatisfaction and says, "I want to fish." But they would all say the same thing in reply: "Engines don't go fishing."

Trouble comes when Thomas stops at the river station for water and the pump is out of order. His driver and fireman use a bucket to top him off, but unbeknownst to them, they have put fish in Thomas' boiler. Steamie chaos (and a bit of a stink) ensues.

In `Terence the Tractor', Thomas gets himself into trouble when he bangs up his much hated snowplow so that he actually can't wear it. And when a heavy snow falls, he gets stuck. Terence comes to the rescue and Thomas finds out that `caterpillar treads' are good things indeed.

Four Stars. My son plays this tape over and over and over, all of its faults forgiven.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes air travel great!, August 3, 2002

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This review is from: Trouble for Thomas and Other Stories (Random House Pictureback) (Paperback)

My 3-year-old son listened to this cassette repeatedly with a walkman when we took a 4 hour flight. A stress-free flight courtesy of Thomas.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No trouble for kids, September 23, 2001

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kathryn (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trouble for Thomas and Other Stories (Random House Pictureback) (Paperback)

My son loves Thomas the Tank Engine and this book, with the cassette, helps him with his pronunciation of the words that he is having trouble saying. I wish that there were more then 4 books on tape with Thomas.