In this centenary year celebrating the author's birth, Thomas and his friends remain as popular as ever, loved by millions all over the world; the original Railway Series books continue to delight Thomas fans of all ages. All twenty-six of the Rev. W. Awdry's books are collected in this classic library, each containing a lively assortment of engine stories.

 

This book features in the following series: Classic Thomas the Tank Engine, The Railway Series, Thomas the Tank Engine And Friends .

There are 1776 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 2011 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Reverend Wilbert Awry created Thomas the Tank Engine when his son Christopher became ill with measles. 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.