| For other uses, see Alfred (disambiguation). |
| For other uses, see Really Useful Engine (disambiguation). |
Alfie, re-titled Alfie the Excavator in 2011, A Really Useful Engine in 2015 and Alfie is Not a Small Fry in China, is the forty-ninth book in the My Thomas Story Library series.
Plot
Alfie loves demolition but does not like it when the others tease him about his size. He soon finds out that being small is not so bad when he saves a family of kittens from a collapsing building.
Characters
- Thomas
- Jack
- Alfie
- Max and Monty
- Kelly
- Ned
- Jenny Packard
- The Foreman
- Oliver the Excavator (does not speak)
Location
Trivia
- This book is based on the Jack and the Sodor Construction Company episode, Alfie Has Kittens.
- This is also the only My Thomas Story Library to be based on a Jack and the Sodor Construction Company episode.
Goofs
- On the 2015 cover, Alfie is referred to as an engine instead of an excavator.
- Max and Monty have the same bumper-bar designs.
- Like in Jack's book, Kelly is depicted as light-blue, but he is really a darker shade of blue.
Gallery
2011 cover
Chinese cover
2015 cover
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