Tales of Discovery (Thomas and Friends)

by Rev. W. Awdry, Golden Books (Illustrator)

Overview

A board book with padded cover starring Thomas the Tank Engine. Train-loving boys and girls ages 2-5 will thrill to the retellings of the stories Thomas and the Great Discovery, Hero for a Day, and Misty Island Rescue. The heavy board pages hold up to hours of repeated reading as Thomas and his engine friends chuff through exciting adventures on—and even off—the Island of Sodor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375871924
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/09/2011
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	162,561
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, Reverend W. Awdry, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945. He continued to create new adventures and characters until 1972, when he retired from writing. Reverend Awdry died in 1997 at the age of 85.

In 1942, the launch of Little Golden Books revolutionized children’s book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling children’s books of all time. Golden Books’ backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of children’s book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more. Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Books continues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.