Reverend Wilbert Awdry

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born

June 15, 1911 in Romsey, Hampshire, The United Kingdom

died

March 21, 1997

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, better known as the Reverend W. Awdry and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, who starred in Awdry's acclaimed Railway Series.

The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented in 1943 to amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles. The first book (The Three Railway Engines) was published in 1945, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in 1972, The Railway Series numbered 26 books. Christopher subsequently added further books to the series.

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Books by Reverend Wilbert Awdry

Average rating: 3.67 · 2,092 ratings · 278 reviews · 332 distinct works

	Stop, Train, Stop! a Thomas the Tank Engine Story (Beginner Books(R)) 3.69 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Thomas The Tank Engine: The Complete Collection 4.17 avg rating — 115 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Thomas the Tank Engine Story Collection (Railway Series) by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, C. Reginald Dalby (Illustrator), John T. Kenney (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Go, Train, Go! (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, Tommy Stubbs (Illustrations) 3.93 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories (Pictureback 3.87 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Thomas and the School Trip (Step-Into-Reading, Step 2) 3.61 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Thomas The Tank Engine: Thomas Collection 3.52 avg rating — 80 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Thomas Goes Fishing 3.48 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Catch Me, Catch Me! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story (Pictureback 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Cow on the Line and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories 3.56 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating: