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Thomas and Friends

Thomas and the School Trip

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Illus. in full color. That cheeky blue engine refuses to be sidetracked from his goal of taking schoolchildren home after their visit to the train yard--despite a host of obstacles along the way.  

30 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

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1,003 reviews90 followers
February 25, 2021
Thomas wants to help with the kids' school excursion, but has a job to do. He is promised if he gets back on time, he can take them home. He encounters delays, just as he is confident he will arrive on time, but he has a surprise at the end!

This was easy enough for my granddaughter to read... I had to help with a couple words, but other than that she handled it fine.
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3,255 reviews8 followers
December 14, 2014

My love of reading started when i was young, and it gives me immense pleasure to provide books to Spread the Word Nevada, an organization that passes them on to children in the community. They are a terrific organization supporting an important cause. If your local I encourage you to check them out. For those living further a field, look in your own community, their may already be a similar program in place. And if not, you can always help start one.

http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.
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Author 1 book217 followers
January 10, 2016
It is pretty easy to write off the serial classics like Thomas or the Berenstain Bears, but there is a reason Thomas has appealed to so many young readers over the years. The trains have simple emotions, personified, smiling faces, and want most to serve children well. This particular Thomas book ends with a girl thanking Thomas with a kids on his cheek. My son loved to see the bond between the children and Thomas. The race aspect in this book is exciting, but the desire to serve others and the children is the real pinnacle of the piece. I think this is my son's favorite Thomas book.
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733 reviews7 followers
December 28, 2015
This book was read for Wesley’s summer reading club. Wesley is my (soon to be five year old) son. This review is what we used for his reading club.
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Wesley loves Thomas! He and my mom read some books before bed last night.

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I picked this book up for Wesley because he loves Thomas so much. Also, I was trying to find as many books as possible about school and school-related events to help encourage him about kindergarten.
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148 reviews8 followers
February 20, 2010
This is a cute story especially designed for beginning readers that tells the story of Thomas the train who plans to pick up a class for a field trip but who inevitably ends up taking longer than he should have. He sees that Bert the Bus is in trouble and he helps him out which makes him even more late or does it? Read to find out : )
Profile Image for Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson.
2,158 reviews59 followers
February 7, 2016
My kids and I aren't very big on Thomas the Train Engine. Lord knows we tried, but we found it rather bland and uneventful. My son still reads these books only when he's at the height of boredom.
I thought though that the illustrations were done very well, and that the moral of the story could have been conveyed with less pages. Don't let our opinions dissuade you though.
Happy Reading!
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3,328 reviews44 followers
July 22, 2016
This is a level 2 reader with simple but not 'basic' words. Children with their friend Thomas can learn to read this book easily.

Thomas is excited for the children to join him on a school trip. But he knows he has to get his work done first but has to do it quickly or someone else will have to take them home. But he finds a friend in need... this book helps teach children to help others.
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1,060 reviews27 followers
August 20, 2012
My boys are big Thomas fans, so this book was a must have from our public library. Cute story about Thomas staying on task and getting school children back from their visit. Good message about helping others in this story, too.
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1,447 reviews
June 23, 2014
This is a great story, with a great moral! I love that Thomas ends up helping others first, but still gets unexpectedly rewarded with what he wanted in the first place. Love it, and the memories, too!
49 reviews1 follower
July 16, 2014
This is one of the favorites among my boys they will read this over and over again. Thomas wanted to take the kids home but had some set backs however it worked out just fine.
22 reviews2 followers
April 7, 2015
My granddaughter just loved me reading this book to her. She has a deep love of books and always wants to be read to anytime of day. She is 3 years old and this book was perfect for her!
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329 reviews13 followers
October 6, 2018
Have you ever read a book on autopilot? And then at some point your eyes start to droop and you hear yourself say like "bat" when the written word is, say, "both" and it sort of wakes you up. Your brain tells you to open your eyes and it's sort of harder than you imagined it being, despite it being just shortly after 7 p.m.

That's pretty much my experience reading this book.
621 reviews7 followers
April 3, 2019
I like it when it said that the kids were going on a school trip and he could take them home if he was on time.
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935 reviews13 followers
July 30, 2019
My sister gave my son this book knowing how much he loves Thomas. It was a hit, of course, he couldn't wait to read it. Cute story.
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1,155 reviews1 follower
January 21, 2021
This was an ok book. This was a book for beginner readers. This is also an AR book for anyone who might want to know.
Profile Image for 寿理 宮本.
2,478 reviews17 followers
March 26, 2024
This seems like a fine story for young readers, but I admit I have no frame of reference, because I read all kinds of things at the target audience age (including a dinosaur book filled with big words). I also sort of wonder how exactly Thomas expected to play with school children, but young reader books really aren't supposed to think too hard about that when the TRAINS TALK, I suppose.

Good for fans of Thomas the Train Engine! I don't know if non-fans would be interested.

(update)

I ended up finding a different copy and somehow didn't notice it was the same one until it started to sound similar. Hooray for slight cover changes throwing off my short memory! I think I prefer the hardcover, though (except for the prior owner's... branding).
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176 reviews1 follower
February 20, 2009
Frank loved this, of course. I, however, do not think it is Thomas' best moment.
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100 reviews
April 11, 2011
Great book for your beggining readers. The book also asks many questions that could be used when working with your students on predicting.
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8,341 reviews135 followers
October 24, 2013
my son was a thomas the tank engine fan bought all the books we could to help him learn to read.... he learns about school
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August 21, 2012
I get to read this over and over and over again almost every day! (note the sarcasm...)
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