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Animals Everywhere! (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Thomas rolls to the rescue after some mischievous monkeys let the animals loose from a visiting circus. Boys ages 3 to 7 will love this early reader featuring their favorite Thomas & Friends engines. Read More
 





Thomas & Friends The Good Sport (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

This Step into Reading Step 1 leveled reader based on the summer 2016 Thomas & Friends movie adventure will thrill train-obsessed little boys and girls ages 3 to 7. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story... Read More
 





The Lost Ship (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Buried treasure, a lost ship, and a wily modern-day pirate are the exciting elements of a brand-new Thomas & Friends movie, "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure." This Step into Reading Step 2 leveled reader, based on the movie, will thrill train-obsessed beginning readers who are reading with help. Read More
 





Thomas and Friends: Halloween in Anopha (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Hardcover

IT IS HALLOWEEN, and Thomas and Mavis are working hard at the quarry in Anopha. On Halloween, Thomas is sent into town to pick up a special cargo, but he cannot see what he is pulling. Thomas loves Halloween, but hopes that his Special is full of treats, and not tricks!... Read More
 





Thomas & Friends Story Time Collection (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney and Tommy Stubbs
Hardcover

Train-obsessed boys ages 2 to 5 will love this deluxe 320-page hardcover storybook collection with thirteen Thomas & Friends adventures: Little Engines Can Do Big Things, The Special Delivery, Down at the Docks, Thomas and the Naughty Diesel, The Monster Under the Shed, Lost at Sea, Thomas Gets a Snowplow, Danger... Read More
 





Thomas and the Shark (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Salty is bringing a new friend to the Sodor aquarium—A SHARK! And he needs Thomas the Tank Engine's help to get him there. Little boys and girls ages 3-7 who love trains will dive in to this Step into Reading adventure featuring all their favorite Thomas & Friends engines. Read More
 





Thomas Comes to Breakfast (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Thomas is convinced that he can drive himself! When he heads off on his own, he learns that stopping can be harder than starting.

This classic story, originally by the Reverend W Awdry, has been adapted to appeal to the reader who is just beginning to read. Includes fun language building... Read More
 





Thomas Gets a Snowplow (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Winter is coming and Thomas, being a small engine, needs to put on his snowplow. Thomas hates his snowplow; he thinks it makes him look funny, and when he has it on, the other, bigger engines tease him. But Thomas saves the day when a big storm comes up and Toby... Read More
 





Thomas Goes Fishing (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Thomas often sees his young friends standing by the stream fishing.
It looks like so much fun that Thomas wants to go fishing too. One day, he runs out of steam and his driver fills his boiler from the stream. And soon, Thomas’ boiler is what the driver is fishing in!... Read More
 





Thomas' 123 Book (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Count along with Thomas the Tank Engine as he chugs around the Island of Sodor. This companion to the perennial classic Thomas' ABC Book teaches numbers to train-obsessed little boys and girls ages 3-7 as only Thomas & Friends can. Read More
 





Thomas-saurus Rex (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Rev. W. Awdry
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Stepney, a very old engine, is taking the museum cars to the Natural History Museum. James and Henry think that not only is Stepney an old "bucket of bolts," but that the museum cars carry "just a lot of old nonsense." When Stepney breaks down, Thomas doesn't want to get stuck... Read More
 





Dolphins!
Written by Sharon Bokoske
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Illus. in full color. Chock-full of information about the most sensitive, intelligent, and friendly of large aquatic creatures, Dolphins! should fare swimmingly with kids who read about whales and sharks. Read More
 





Dolphins!
Written by Sharon Bokoske
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
eBook

Illus. in full color. Chock-full of information about the most sensitive, intelligent, and friendly of large aquatic creatures, Dolphins! should fare swimmingly with kids who read about whales and sharks.   Read More
 





Stuck in the Mud (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Shana Corey
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Based on the new Thomas & Friends direct-to-DVD movie, Hero of the Rails, this Step 1 leveled reader will introduce children to reading—and the exciting world of Thomas and his friends! Read More
 





Thomas and Friends: May the Best Engine Win (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Golden Books
Photographed by Richard Courtney
Hardcover

EMILY, THE NEWEST engine, is determined to prove that she is as Really Useful as Thomas, so she challenges Thomas to a race: whoever can do the job the fastest is the winner. Soon they are off, each on a whirlwind rush around the Island of Sodor. But they both realize... Read More
 





Thomas & Friends: Railway Rhymes (Thomas & Friends)
Written by R. Schuyler Hooke
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Board

A fun collection of more than 30 original poems featuring 35 different friends from the Island of Sodor. Travel all over the island, at all times of year in this wonderful first book of poems with the Thomas touch. Read More
 





Thomas' Night Before Christmas (Thomas & Friends)
Written by R. Schuyler Hooke
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Hardcover

Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends help Sir Topham "Santa Claus" Hatt bring toys to the children of Sodor in this Thomas & Friends Little Golden Book adaptation of Clement Clark Moore's classic poem, The Night Before Christmas. This story-in-rhyme will delight train-obsessed boys and girls ages 3–7, and is... Read More
 





Thomas and the Runaway Pumpkins (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Naomi Kleinberg
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Hardcover

A new Thomas & Friends(TM) Little Golden Book autumn adventure!

In this all-new Thomas & Friends(TM) Little Golden Book, the fall pumpkin crop on the Island of Sodor goes missing! Train-loving boys and girls ages 4 to 7 will wonder: How will the Pumpkin Festival go on without them? With nothing to... Read More
 





Five Tank Engine Tales (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Here, bound together in one volume, are five Step into Reading Step 1 and 2 early readers based on Thomas & Friends™ movie adventures. Perfect for train-obsessed boys ages 4 to 6 who are just learning to read.
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A Valentine for Percy (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Thomas and Percy and their engine friends celebrate Valentine's Day on the Island of Sodor! This Step 2 Thomas & Friends Step into Reading paperback is just right for train-loving boys and girls ages 4 to 6 who are reading with help. And they'll love the train-themed press-out Valentines! Read More
 





Thomas' Opposites Book (Thomas & Friends)
Written by Christy Webster
Illustrated by Richard Courtney
Trade Paperback

Learn about opposites with Thomas & Friends!

Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends Percy, James, Cranky the Crane, Harold the Helicopter, Edward, Gordon, and many others help train-loving boys and girls ages 3 to 6 learn all about opposites in this paperback storybook with stickers!
 
In the early 1940s, a... Read More
 

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