A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of James the red engine.

In this pop-up book featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, James has an unfortunate encounter with a signal.

A classic Thomas & Friends story from 1948 starring James the Red Engine for the youngest Thomas & Friends fans. Train-loving boys and girls will be captivated by the classic illustrations, which perfectly capture the personalities of James and the engines in this adventure.

The perfect first introduction to the splendid red engine - James! Meet Sodor's number 5 engine and read about his jobs, his adventures and his friends. With a young rhyming text and bright colourful pages this is the perfect first board book for Thomas fans.

"Meet James! James is the number 5 red engine on the Island of Sodor. He has shiny red paint and a brass dome. James is a proud engine but lots of fun. This book is the perfect introduction for little fans of James!"--Back cover.

The Reverend Awdry created Thomas the Tank Engine for his son, Christopher Awdry, who continued his father's work by writing a further 14 books. Thomas fans will be delighted to see all of Christopher Awdry's stories beautifully reproduced and printed for the first time since 1996. Christopher Awdry's first Thomas book for 10 years is also being published by Egmont in September 2007.

Every engine on Sodor knows, it's not about how fast he goes, or whether he is big or small, there are jobs for engines, one and all. Meet James, the number 5 engine on The Fat Controller's railway. Read about his jobs, his adventures and his friends!

The stories of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends have delighted generations of children and adults, but what do we know of the man who created them? A devoted pastor and family man, the Reverend W Awdry first started telling the stories in order to amuse his own children, with no idea that the characters would lead to a global phenomenon that now, seventy years after their first appearance, shows no signs of waning. In this fascinating and warm biography, prolific author Brian Sibley brings to life one of the most eminent children's writers of the twentieth century, tracing his story from his Edwardian childhood through his time at University and into World War 2. A convinced pacifist, Awdry was thrown out of one curacy and denied another, because of his beliefs. Never afraid to fight for what he thought was right, he argued with his publishers and his illustrators, demanding the best for his favourite creations - the trains and their friends.

Meet all of the engines in this Thomas & Friends board book with a padded cover! Train-loving boys and girls ages 2 to 5 will love to discover fascinating facts about Thomas, Nia, Bertie, Harold, and all their favorite Thomas & Friends characters in this sturdy board book with padded cover. In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden train engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, the Reverend W Awdry, made up to accompany the wonderful toy were first published in 1945 and became the basis for the Railway Series, a collection of books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends--and the rest is history. Thomas & Friends(TM) are now a big extended family of engines and others on the Island of Sodor. They appear not only in books but also in television shows and movies, and as a wide variety of beautifully made toys. The adventures of Thomas and his friends, which are always, ultimately, about friendship, have delighted generations of train-loving boys and girls for more than 70 years and will continue to do so for generations to come.