FOUR THOMAS & FRIENDS picture books bound into one handsome hardcover gift edition with a read-along CD? What a perfect idea! The collection includes Thomas and Toby, Thomas Gets His Own Branch Line, Thomas and the Castle, and Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Thomas fans and their parents will enjoy reading along with these four titles, which were originally published in separate hardcovers.
Author
Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, better known as the Rev. W. Awdry, was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, who starred in Awdry's acclaimed Railway Series. The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented in 1943 to amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles. The first book (The Three Railway Engines) was published in 1945, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in 1972, The Railway Series numbered 26 books. Christopher subsequently added further books to the series.
