The Fat Controller notices that Scruff's paint is dirty and getting rusty, so he decides it's time he was cleaned up! Scruff is sent to the Steamworks to be painted, but how can he stay shiny and clean working at the Waste Dump? This latest Thomas Story Time title publishes alongside four other new titles: Noisy Stafford, Gordon Runs Dry, Kevin Meets Cranky and The Lost Puff. A brand new addition to this award-winning series.

 

This book features in the following series: Thomas And Friends, Thomas Stories Time .

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Reverend Wilbert Awdry was born in Hampshire in 1911. He grew up close to the railway and was convinced that the steam engines all had different personalities. He used to imagine conversations between them. Later when he was grown up and his son Christopher became ill with measles, Wilbert invented the Thomas stories to entertain him. Christopher kept asking for more stories and Wilbert began writing them. The first of the railway series was published in 1945. Awdry wrote 26 Railway books in total before Christopher took over the series.