Tracking Thomas the Tank Engine and His Friends: A Book with Finger Tabs

by W. Awdry, Ken Stott (Illustrator)

Illustrated in full color. Youngsters can keep track of--and tabs on--their favorite little blue engine and his pals in this sturdy storybook featuring a handy finger-tab index guide.  Put a finger on the Thomas tab and open to a short, simple story about Thomas.  There are tabs for Bertie, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Harold, too, in this fantabulous and brightly illustrated train yard directory.  

1 pages, Hardcover

First published August 4, 1992

About the author

Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, better known as the Rev. W. Awdry, was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, 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.