Attain Toby The Tram Engine (The Railway Series, #7) Portrayed By W. Awdry Delivered In Leaflet

more delightful tales about these favorite engines and cars, In this selection, we are introduced to Toby and Henrietta, who are given a new life by Sir Topham, who rescues them from retirement, which for an engine means lack of usefulness, i.
e. , death. Engines want to be useful, The first THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE book I've read as an adult, Quite charming in its simplistic, younger reader way, There are actually three or four very short stories collected here, but the titular character is introduced in the first and appears in the others.
Slightly twee but the strong illustrations

make up for that and Awdry packs a surprising amount of character into inanimate objects, You can see why his books were so popular, . . Four classic stories about Toby the Tram Enginethe small wooden steam tram who runs a branch line and is a great friend of Thomas.
Toby is the third most popular engine after Thomas and Percy!

Toby is rescued from his East Anglian railway by the Fat Controller, and has a runin with James.

My favourite of the locos and I've just been fortunate to read it on a first edition signed by the good Reverend, The best one in the series so far, Awdry did a great job of making the reader feel bad for Toby in the first story, so his redemption and inclusion to Sodor feels very earned and satisfying.
He fits right in with everyone else!

A truly great tale from the great Rev, W. Awdry! Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, better known as the Rev, W. Awdry, was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and childrens author, and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, who starred in Awdrys acclaimed Railway Series.
The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented into amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles.
The first book The Three Railway Engines was published in, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in, The Railway Series numberedbooks.
Christopher subsequently added further books to the series, 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 into amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles.
The first book The Three Railway Engines was published in, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in, The Railway Series numberedbooks.
Christopher subsequently added further books to the series, sitelink.