Thomas (Story Library Book)

"Wake up, Lazybones!"

- Thomas being cheeky to Gordon

Thomas, re-titled Thomas the Tank Engine in 2011, is the first book in the My Thomas Story Library series.

Plot
This is a story about Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas worked really hard, shunting coaches for the big engines. But what he wanted more than anything was his very own branch line...

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Annie
 * Harold
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Clarabel

Locations

 * Vicarstown
 * The Cow Field
 * Thomas' Branch Line

Trivia

 * This book is based on the stories, "Thomas and Gordon" and "Thomas and the Breakdown Train" from the Railway Series book, Thomas the Tank Engine.
 * The book was released with a CD narrated by Michael Angelis in 2007.
 * In 2015, this book (along with five others) was sold as a website-exclusive book pack with a Wooden Railway Thomas, except the other books were sold with the engines the books were named after.
 * This book is featured as a Read Along on the Read & Play App with narration by Mark Moraghan.
 * The second last illustration in this book is used as the first illustration for Thomas Comes to Australia, but Thomas and Gordon gain CGI faces.

Goofs

 * James' tender is connected to his running board throughout the book.
 * In the second illustration, Gordon's fly crank is missing.
 * Harold appears in this book, but he was not introduced until the second series.
 * James' wheels are grey when they should be black.
 * At the back of Thomas, he's missing his rear lamp.

In Other Languages
תומס (ספר, ספריית הסיפורים) Tomek (My Thomas Story Library)