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Christopher Awdry

Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection (Railway Series) Hardcover – 3 Sept. 2007

by Christopher Awdry (Author), Clive Spong (Illustrator)

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Taking up where his famous father left off in the 1970s, Christopher Awdry has published a total of 14 storybooks set in the wonderful world of Thomas the Tank Engine. This volume brings them all together for the first time, and adds four new, specially commissioned stories: "Overloaded", "Avalanche", "Eels on Wheels" and "Toby's Vintage Train". The steam age is alive and well on the Island of Sodor!

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224 pages
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English
Publisher

Egmont Books Ltd
Publication date

3 Sept. 2007
Dimensions

22 x 2.5 x 28.8 cm
ISBN-10

1405233087
ISBN-13

978-1405233088
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Publisher : Egmont Books Ltd; 1st edition (3 Sept. 2007)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1405233087
ISBN-13 : 978-1405233088
Dimensions : 22 x 2.5 x 28.8 cm

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Donna H

Christopher Awdry continues his father's wonderful railway stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2018

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In this book Christopher Awdry, the son of Rev. Awdry, continues his father's railway stories, writing imaginative stories about the engines his father created and introducing new engines in many others. The stories are truly excellent, and he has in Clive Spong a very gifted illustrator to bring the stories to life. This is a beautiful volume which contains all 15 of Awdry's works. I cannot understand why Egmont allowed this to go out of print. I hope they will soon reconsider and it will once again be on bookstore shelves to delight many more children.

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Nigel Gibbs

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2007

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Brilliant! This book is excellent. It's worth £19.99 even though it's less
to pay for!!

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James Mcleod

Great Book, but don't buy it here - BUY IT ON EBAY!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2015

This book is a worthy follow up to the collected volume of Rev. W. Awdry's work and almost completes the Railway Series - one further book is not included because it had not been published at the time of this book's release. If you like the Railway Series this is a must buy.

But please do not try and buy it through Amazon. Prices here are stupidly high as the book is out of print. I managed to get my copy on ebay for about £15 compared to the almost £130 it is listed for here. Copies don't come up often, but keep checking. You might want to create a followed search so ebay sends you alerts when a new copy is listed.

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GoonerBiker

Not bad continuation of the Thomas stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2008

Not much info around on this collection so I bit the bullet and bought it. It was desperately needed for bedtime - when you know the Thomas stories as well as your kids do, it's time to buy a new storybook!

So this is written by the Rev. Awdry's son and it continues the stories of the ever expanding group on engines on the island of Sodor. My 4 year old is becoming a bit of a Thomas expert (or is that anorak) and he was pointing out to me that there were several references to the original stories, almost in a way validating the authenticity of Mr Awdry Jr.'s storytelling. This was unnecessary and made the stories a little less flowing and autonomous. However, at least they are now in 1970's English, not the 1950's dialogue that the original books are in, which I had to keep paraphrasing when reading to my son, as they were so dated.

If your child liked the original Thomas books, he/she will probably like these although they are not quite as good, they are easier to follow for younger children.

One footnote - the cover has a sticker claiming 4 extra stories are included, THEY ARE NOT! Come on Amazon, sort it out!

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BHB

A Worthy Addition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2011

This was a good and much needed addition to the collection. Although the oldest books in this collection are over 25 years old, most were unavailable to buy for many years, so a lot of them were forgotten. It was excellent therefore to see them all available again, as well as in this edition. It follows the same style as the previous one by his father, with an inside map, an introduction by the author, and an interesting section at the end about Sodor's history.

So as these stories would have been completely new to most people, what could be expected? Unlike his father's books, there are few new characters to be met in this one, the author instead choosing to develop existing characters. That said, there are some interesting new characters who feature along the way. Readers can find out how James overcomes his dislike of diesels, and what happened when Sir Handel went to work in Wales. Meet Pip and Emma, the High-Speed train, and Jock, an engine who works on the small railway. We meet some real engines when Thomas goes to York, plus see what happens when Henry has to take a train before he's been painted properly!

On the whole, these stories are good, though some lack the brilliance of his father's work. and some do appear to be very slow paced. The author doesn't have an easy job trying to maintain the style of the original author, whilst at the same time trying to make it his own, and in this respect he pulls it off. Some stories are very good, and flow very well, and the author does well to keep the humour set by his father. The final book in this volume, number 41 'Thomas and Victoria' was published on the same day, and now, book number 42 will be out later in 2011.

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