Two great stories from the latest "Thomas & Friends" TV series. These join the two previous titles, "Thomas and the Fogman" and "Thomas and the Jet Engine". "Too Hot for Thomas" - Thomas is jealous of James and Toby because they are taking children to the beach. But when the ice-cream shop runs out of stock, it is Thomas who comes to the rescue..."Percy and the Magic Carpet" - Percy is delivering a Special, but he wishes it were something more exciting than a carpet. But when the carpet blows away, Percy wonders if it has magical powers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Thomas And Friends .

There are 12 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 2006 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.