Thomas and Percy and the Dragon

Thomas and Friends

by W. Awdry

Percy is sleeping when he hears a rumble. He opens his eyes and sees a giant yellow dragon! But dragons aren’t real, are they? Maybe it was a dream! The next day he shares his fears with James and Thomas and learns the truth about what it was that he saw. A Step 1 Book

Genres: Childrens, Trains, Picture Books, Fiction, Dragons

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

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.

Reviews

[Harry Palacio]

Thomas’ ghost perhaps is a devil or the woman he marries in the future haunting his womb until he may bear or be fallow enough to birth his little dragon brood: not all have this grace it is a rare gift for other dragon peoples to be told in person that you are skin of scales and blood of gold sulphuric acids-

[Renee]

My son really enjoys Thomas the Tank Engine stories. I would have given this story 5 stars if the ending were more uplifting.

[Molly Crow]

Percy wakes up to a loud rumble & sees a Dragon! This terrifies him and he tries to tell his fellow engines about it the next day.

Sadly this book wasn't well received with the kiddos. While we love Thomas & frequently enjoy his books, this one fell short. Despite being an easy read, for young readers as well, the story was lacking. The end fell flat & the kids were disappointed. No one was interested in a 2nd read through.

[Beanling's Library]

Percy wakes up to a loud rumble & sees a Dragon! This terrifies him and he tries to tell his fellow engines about it the next day.

Sadly this book wasn't well received with the kiddos. While we love Thomas & frequently enjoy his books, this one fell short. Despite being an easy read, for young readers as well, the story was lacking. The end fell flat & the kids were disappointed. No one was interested in a 2nd read through.

[Kelsey]

I appreciate that this book had more plot compared to other Thomas and Friends books, but this series just isn’t that engaging for me.

I prefer the Step Into Reading versions of the Thomas & Friends series because I enjoy the big font, more modern illustrations, and quicker story pace. That being said, the Thomas & Friends series is fine enough, but it just isn’t engaging for me. It feels outdated and I think the illustrations are very repetitive and the trains look rather creepy.

[Julie]

Owen was scared, haha so cute!

[April]

Simple and silly but entertaining

[Adam Duclos]

Moderately fun to read to a first grader, but a little too repetitive. Possibly better to have a first grader read to you?

[Leigh]

Sweet, short, and to the point.

[Kelly Chester]

Great book and pictures were very colorful

[Alyce Caswell]

An amusing story. Bonus "dragon".

[J.P. Sirro]

A level 1 reader, this is a little more advanced than i have seen for other level 1s. Sentences are easy to read but quite a few of them.

Story on the other hand is a bit odd and no great ending

[Craig Hopley]

1992-2001 - A
2002-2008 - B
2009-2016 - C
2017-2024 - D
2025-2040 - E

[~☆°♡ Kat Gibson ♡°☆~]

im scared.

[Peacegal]

A simple and short story for beginning readers about the evening Percy mistakes a parade float for a real dragon.

[Kylee Timmreck]

4/10⭐️

[Anna]

Percy sees a big dragon and was very frightened. The next day he finds out Thomas was pulling the dragon and it was made of paper.

The dragon was delivered for a fun parade for all the children of Sodor. Percy and all the other engines went to the parade and had a grand time.

Sean enjoyed this easy reader featuring characters he know and loves.

July, 2013.

[Shawn]

Our two year old loves that it has his favorite Thomas characters and then throw in a dragon, whoah! Then our five yer old liked reading through it and understood the message at the end of talking about something that scares you.

[Amy]

Percy is scared of a dragon, but it turns out to be a paper dragon for a parade.

[Kristina]

Jubei loves Thomas and can quote these books word for word. They are quick and easy to read.

[Frank]

Frank was a bit frustrated, because this is an easy reader, and therefore had the story dumbed down a little. He still loved it, just wished it had more of the original dragon story in it.

[Sue]

review to follow - reading with nephew

[Laura]

Finally my kiddo is getting into the Thomas stories, and he liked this one a lot. Of course it helped that it had a dragon.

[Jill]

AR 1.1

[Theresa]

learning to understand different cultures

[Sandybear76]

Percy sees a dragon but no one believes him. Percy tells Thomas about the dragon and Thomas tells about the parade.

[Aiden]

very good for young kids

[Carmen]

Percy and thomad

Percy was scared but he learned to take his fear away. My son was able to read on his own and know that not everything is scary.

[Pinky]

Percy gets scared by a paper dragon made for a festival.

[Quizaya]

I do get to post the books my kids and I read together, right? :)