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THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE DELIVERS ANOTHER TRAINLOAD OF LEARNING FUN !!!
IN A NUTSHELL: THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE + COLORS - SHAPES - SIZES - OBJECTS - LETTERS & 60+ FLAPS! Thomas the Tank Engine's Big Lift-And-look Book (Great Big Board Book)
My two year old loves to just sit and open all the doors. It keeps him occupied for quite a while.

Areal hit !!
I bought this book for my nephew's 2nd birthday. He loves looking behind the doors and saying what is behind them. He is learningand loving it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Concepts - General    4. Fiction    5. Interactive Adventure    6. Railroads    7. Specimens    8. Toy and movable books    9. Trains    10. Transportation - General    11. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

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Grandson loves it!
Grandson, age 2 loves anything with that "cheeky" Thomas the Train.A quality book with great music - we never get tired of the songs.

Great For Small Children
Good Morning Engines is a Play-a-Sound book which features 7 sound buttons: Thomas, a rooster crowing, band music, Percy, ZZZZZZ's (sleeping sound), a ticking clock, and the sound of trains chugging on the track.
great sound book
My 2 1/2 yr-old boy loves the book. It's the right size for a toddler to hold and carry along. The pages are sturdy and the sounds are fun to listen to. I hope more in the same series are coming. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Children's 4-8 - Boardbooks    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Transportation - General    8. Transportation - Trains    9. SALE BOOKS   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Juvenile Fiction    4. Transportation - General    5. Transportation - Trains    6. Children's Baby - Transportation    7. Interactive Adventure    8. Music - General    9. Musical books    10. Pop-up & lift-the-flap books    11. Sound effects books    12. Toy and movable books    13. Sale Books   

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Beautiful--and Very Colorful!
Thomas and the Shooting Star caught my son's eye the other day when we were in a "Stuff Mart". He actually chose this book and another Thomas book over a PS2 game!
great bed time book
my 2 1/2 yr old daughter loves this Thomas book.It's the perfect length for bedtime reading.Enjoy!

One of the best Thomas books!
If you have a Thomas fan, you need to get this book.It's larger than most too, and very well illustrated.The night sky is just beautiful, dotted with tons of stars.Thomas can't fall asleep on this particular night so Gordon sees an opportunity to tease Thomas after they see a shooting star.Gordon tells Thomas that if he finds the star, the star will tell him how to fall asleep.So Thomas goes off in search of the star and along the way, runs into Percy who is delivering the mail.Thomas leaves before Percy can tell him that Gordon is tricking him again.He then sees Harold who tells Thomas that Gordon is being sneaky and that he won't be able to catch up with the star.Thomas gets very sleepy on his way back to the shed where Edward is waiting for him.While talking, Thomas finally falls asleep.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Meteors    6. Railroads    7. Stars    8. Trains    9. Transportation - General    10. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation   

Subjects:  1. Children: Babies & Toddlers    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Interactive Adventures    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction / Interactive Adventures    6. Musical books    7. Performing Arts - Music    8. Sound effects books    9. Toy and movable books    10. Transportation - General    11. Transportation - Railroads & Trains    12. Transportation - Trains    13. Sale Books   

Reviews (1)

Could be better
We love Thomas in our household, but I was slightly disappointed in this book. The illustrations were small and several pages of the story were placed on one page. Personally I like "Thomas the Tank Engine Story Collection (Railway Series)" better. That book is a bit more money but I think it is worth it, you get many more stories but I liked the layout much better. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Character books    2. Fiction anthologies & collections   

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Great book to read to toddlers!
We received this book in a book club offer and it was our first experience with Thomas. That said, it's one of our favorites after 4 years of constant reading! The illustrations are SO much better than other books - the children and other characters look more like cartoon drawings instead of the "wooden" figures that you see in the videos. We prefer that in our house quite a bit. Also, the children are so grateful for Thomas picking them up in the end when Bertie breaks down, that one of the little girls gives him a kiss. Thus, sending Thomas into a very cute blush at the end of the story.
Thomas and the School Tripp: A Good Addition to the Home Library
What a delightful story.It is one of our new favorites and I think it would make a fine addition to the home sheds of many a young Thomas fan.
Loving Children
In this little book we have Thomas, a train who loves children.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Field trips    6. Railroads    7. Readers - Beginner    8. School & Education    9. School field trips    10. Trains    11. Transportation - General    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Baby - Fiction - General    2. General    3. Juvenile Fiction / Interactive Adventures    4. Children's Baby/Preschool    5. Interactive Adventures    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Sound effects books    8. Toy and movable books    9. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Picture books   

Subjects:  1. Children: Kindergarten    2. Character books    3. First word books   

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A Crane, A Collapse, And A Complete Mess
Three stories, Cranky Bugs, Put-Upon Percy, and Lady Hatt's Birthday.These are in keeping with the television show, but not the original stories by Reverend Awdry.For instance you will notice references to Sir Topham Hatt as he is known on television (in the books he is The Fat Controller).
You'll be cranky!
Please don't confuse this Read To Me series with other Thomas the Tank books.For instance, Catch me, Catch me is called a Pictureback Reader, and although it is meant for 4 or 5 year olds to learn how to read, my 21 month old loves it--the extremely simple text is all her attention span can take.The Cranky Day, however, has a lot of writing and is meant for the longer attention spans of 3 or 4 plus year olds.I don't like the tiny photos for pictures where the text takes up just as much room as the photos, and I agree with another reviewer that the photos are dark.The full page drawings in Catch Me Catch Me are much better, as are the simplistic drawings in Thomas the Tank Engines Big Blue Treasury. Depends upon the age of the child I guess, when it comes to selecting Thomas books!

Story needs editing
While my three year old son recognizes his favorite Thomas characters, this book is poorly written and edited. The first story, "Cranky Bugs" is especially annoying because little sensitivity was used to match the pictures with the text. It is bad enough that the text is taken straight from the video tape, but some editing would greatly improve the stories. How sad that the Britt Allcroft empire has reduced the original, wonderful stories from Rev. Awdry to such rubbish. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Fiction    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Railroads    8. Short Stories    9. Trains    10. Transportation - General    11. Transportation - Trains   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Concepts - Time    5. England    6. General    7. Interactive multimedia    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Time    10. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation    11. Railroads    12. Sound effects books    13. Trains    14. Transportation    15. Transportation - General    16. Transportation - Trains    17. Board books    18. Sound story, noisy books, musical books    19. Telling the time    20. Sale Books   

Reviews (4)

Great Way For Train Lovers To Learn Their ABC's
Thomas's ABC Book features color photographs of the beloved characters that live and work on the Island of Sodor, including Bertie the Bus, Sir Topham Hatt, Edward, James, Toby, Percy, Edward, and James. Each letter of the alphabet is highlighted, and is tied into a short sentence about the picture.
An OK book
I wouldn't say this is the greatest book to learn ABC from. However, my 2 year old, a Thomas fan, loves this book. Big colorful pictures.

less than perfect but still a must-have for Thomas fans
Paperback with flimsy paper that doesn't stand up to much wear. Our copy is dog-eared and the back cover is ripped off and that didn't take long. Read more

Subjects:  1. Alphabet    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Concepts - Alphabet    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Railroads    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Trains    10. Transportation - General    11. Transportation - Trains   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Locomotives    3. Railroads    4. Trains   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Freight-cars    3. Railroads    4. Trains   

Reviews (3)

how about some actual trains?
only 3 of the 10 numbers are represented by trains!My son loves all things Thomas, but he isn't interested in counting three railroad signs or four suitcases.I'm awfully glad that I looked at this book in the library before buying it.
nice book
This is rather young for my son (3) but he still loves it being Thomas and reviewing the numbers can never be bad!It's a nice hard book and I wish I would have had it a year or so ago!

Thomas the Tank Engine Counts to Ten
Of all the board books in the toddler Thomas the Tank Engine series, this is my 3-year-old's favorite!The illustrations are so colorful, and the engines and people so expressive, that learning to counting is alot of fun. Your child can count engines, people, and objects associated with a trainstation.Just the right size for little hands, durable, and priced rightfor parents who want their child to have various Thomas books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Baby - Boardbooks    2. Children: Preschool    3. Concepts - Counting    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Movie Tie - In    6. Transportation - Trains    7. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Railroads    3. Trains    4. Upside-down books   

Subjects:  1. Children's stories, English    2. Fiction    3. Juvenile fiction    4. Railroads    5. Trains