James the Red Engine (1999 board book)

James the Red Engine is a board book released by Random House in 1999. It was illustrated by Josie Yee.

Plot
James has a big job to do, that is pulling trucks. Halfway up the hill, the trucks play a trick on James, who then gets all of the trucks up the hill and Sir Topham Hatt calls James a "Really Useful Engine".

Characters

 * James
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Edward

Trivia

 * The book is based on the first series episode, Troublesome Trucks.
 * When the nose is pressed on the cover, the original Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends theme song is played.

Goofs

 * James is too low to the ground.
 * The trucks do not have couplers.
 * Edward is missing his number, his lining is inaccurate, and his dome and cab are far too short.
 * James and the trucks do not have axles.
 * In the second illustration, James is missing his whistle, one of his buffers and his front coupler.
 * James is incredibly out of scale in two of the illustrations.
 * In the third illustration, James' whistle is angled the wrong way, and he is missing his side rods.
 * James' handrails are yellow.
 * In the first illustration, the rails have spikes, but for the remainder of the story, the spikes disappear.
 * James and the trucks do not appear to have rear bufferbeams.
 * James' driving wheels are missing their counterweights.