Ladybird Books

Ladybird Books is a British-founded publishing company manufacturing children's books. They produced various television series books. Some of the first books came with cassette audiobooks narrated by Ringo Starr.

More recently, they have published several books based on episodes from Series 22, which were released in 2022.

Titles

 * 1) Percy Runs Away/Thomas and the Breakdown Train
 * 2) Thomas Goes Fishing/James and the Troublesome Trucks
 * 3) Thomas and Terence/James and the Tar Wagons
 * 4) Thomas and Bertie/Thomas Down the Mine
 * 5) Toby and the Stout Gentleman/Thomas in Trouble
 * 6) Edward, Gordon and Henry/Gordon Off the Rails
 * 7) Thomas's Christmas Party
 * 8) Thomas, Percy and the Coal/Saved from Scrap
 * 9) Thomas and Trevor/Duck Takes Charge
 * 10) Percy and Harold/Percy Takes the Plunge
 * 11) Pop Goes the Diesel/Dirty Work/A Close Shave
 * 12) Thomas Comes to Breakfast/BoCo the Diseasel
 * 13) Daisy/Percy's Predicament/Woolly Bear
 * 14) Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * 15) The Sad Story of Henry/Thomas's Train/Thomas and the Guard
 * 16) Thomas and the Dragon
 * 17) Rebecca and Friends
 * 18) Thomas and the Elephant
 * 19) Thomas and the Monkeys
 * 20) Thomas and the Giant Pandas
 * 21) Thomas and the Water Wheel
 * 22) The New School
 * 23) Nia Learns Numbers

Other Releases

 * Big Story Book
 * Four Great Stories
 * Ladybird Fun Frieze

Ladybird Cassettes
Recorded 1985-1987 by Pickwick Tell-a-Tale and produced in association with Ladybird Books, all of the Ladybird books were accompanied by a series of cassettes narrated by Ringo Starr.

Some of the tapes came with the books, some were sold alone, and each tape would feature a whistling noise that tells the reader to turn the page if following along with the book.

Trivia

 * The text of most of the Ladybird Books was later reused for the Buzz Books.
 * Most second series episodes were aired for the 1991 showings from 21st May-27th August.
 * Only two of these books were published before the first series aired in 1984.
 * If the cassette contained three stories, the second story would be cut in half with the first half on side one and the other half on side two.
 * Book fifteen was the only Ladybird book not to have a cassette.