Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection: Amazon.ca: W. Awdry, Rev. W. Awdry, C.Reginald Dalby, John Kenney, Peter Edwards: Books

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A gift edition containing all 26 classic books from the famous railway series. The stories are accompanied by all the original colour illustrations, and additional biographical material is provided.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate Thomas book., Feb 11 2002

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MLPlayfair (Ravenna, OH) - See all my reviews

THOMAS ... THE COMPLETE COLLECTION is beautiful, perfect for your Thomas fan. But not for the youngest ones -- it's too big, and an overwhelming number of stories for the little guys at one time. Here are all the original Rev. W. Awdry stories and all the illustrations from three separate illustrators. (You can see the different styles of illustration.) It's a big, oversize, heavy book -- you're going to have to read it aloud -- and you'll have to adopt the occasional Scottish accent, too! There's a map of Sodor, a foreword by the author, and an afterword by Brian Sibley (author of the wonderful "Three Cheers for Pooh") that includes biographical info on Awdry and the illustrators. Plus, there are a few surprises: Thomas wasn't in the first story. And there's no mention of Sir Topham Hatt in this world where all the engines have names but most of the people don't. I guess "Sir" was a Britt Allcroft compilation of the different controllers. Allcroft, by the way, must be thanked for bringing Thomas back to life in the '80s, and even though the wording of those stories is different, you'll recognize a lot of them in these originals. Get this for your Thomas fan (and yourself -- it's hard to put down!). But also get some of the more recent books that are smaller and designed for young readers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive Thomas book, Feb 7 2002

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My 3 year old THomas [fan] received this for Christmas , I thought it might be one to grow into but I was wrong. He will listen to these stories as long as I will read them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a special time with daddy, Feb 3 2002

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Both of my sons, 5 and 3 love this book. Their daddy reads from it on his nights of bedtime stories. When the story is done they talk about what happened and who did what until the next time daddy reads to them. It's a great collection and a special way of getting daddy involved with reading to the children.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best Thomas book going
As a child I owned most of the books seperatley, so I thought I would buy this collected edition of (what used to be called) The Railway Series for my nephew. Read more

Published on Jan 3 2002 by David

5.0 out of 5 stars Long time fan
These are wonderful stories, and fun for dad too.

Published on Dec 1 2001 by stressman