| For other uses, see James. |
- "We want a proper engine! Not a red monster!"
- ― The trucks
James, re-titled James the Red Engine in 2011, is the second book in the My Thomas Story Library series.
Plot
This is a story about James the Red Engine. When he first arrived on Sodor, he was so busy thinking about his shiny red paint that he soon got into lots to trouble. I thought I might have to send him away...
Characters
- Edward
- James
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Jeremiah Jobling
- The Blue Tank Engine (not seen)
- Annie (poster cameo)
- Thomas (poster cameo; mentioned)
- Gordon (mentioned)
Locations
Trivia
- This book is based on the stories "James and the Top Hat", "James and the Bootlace", and "Troublesome Trucks" from The Railway Series book, James the Red Engine.
- The book was released with a CD narrated by Michael Angelis in 2007.
- This book was featured as a read along on the Read and Play! app with narration by Mark Moraghan.
- In 2015, this book (along with five others) was sold as a website-exclusive book pack with a Wooden Railway James.
- The lead truck of the breakaways is drawn with a mirrored version of Bulstrode's shocked face.
- The Chinese version of the front cover has James looking away from the viewer instead of looking directly at the viewer.
Goofs
- Gordon's Hill is illustrated as having a single track instead of three tracks.
- Most of the trucks in the ninth illustration lack facial features.
- Edward is mistaken as Henry in the Read and Play! app in Little Engines Easy Reading, despite Henry not appearing in this book.
- James is oversized in the eighth illustration.
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Джеймс |
| Dutch | James |
| Finnish | Jaska |
| Japanese | ジェームス |
| Korean | 빨간 기관차, 제임스 |
| Norwegian | James |
| Polish | Kuba |
| Russian | Приключения Джеймса |
| Swedish | James |
| Turkish | Kirmizi Lokomotif James |
| Welsh | James |