Product Description

In this story James, who has been given a shining new coat of red paint to cheer him up after his accident, gets hiccoughs, needs a bootlace, has trouble with his trucks and pulls the Express after Gordon loses his way.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #167810 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 72 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's over fifty years since the publication of the first Railway Series stories by the Rev. W. Awdry. To celebrate, the publishers have reissued them in six special books, each containing four famous tales of Thomas and his friends. Larger and chunkier than the originals, these books feature all the original text and illustrations and are redesigned in a way that makes every spread unique. Easier to hold and look at, this format is ideal for parents and children to share together.

Contained in this volume: "James and the Top-Hat", "James and the Boot- lace", "Troublesome Trucks", "James and the Express". (Ages 3 and over) -- Philippa Reece

Customer Reviews

Nice new edition, shame about the artwork
All the stories that I loved as a child are now being enjoyed by my two daughters. But - and it is quite a big but - the publishers have mangled the original artwork in producing these new editions. Most of the images have been cropped and many of them have been resized, in some cases blown up well beyond the resolution of the originals. Some images are blurred, and in quite a few places details from the stories have been lost. A shame.

Perhaps the publishers could now release the rest of the original books, in their original format?