My Thomas Story Library was a series of books published by Egmont in collaboration with HiT Entertainment. The stories featured in some books were loose adaptations of original stories from The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry, as well as adaptations of television series episodes. A few of the books also adapted stories from The Railway Series that were skipped in the television series.
The books were illustrated by Robin Davies and Jerry Smith. Phil Jacobs, Creative Design and The Railway Series' illustrator Clive Spong have also worked on the illustrations.
The series ended in 2011 after a decrease in sales. It was replaced by the Thomas Story Time series in 2012. In 2014, a new revamped line resembling the Story Library was announced, the My First Railway Library. In 2015, some of the books were re-released with different titles. In 2016, the series was relaunched again under the title Engine Adventures.
Titles
2003
- Thomas: Thomas and Gordon/Thomas and the Breakdown Train
- James: James and the Top-Hat/James and the Bootlace/Troublesome Trucks
- Donald and Douglas: Hullo Twins/The Missing Coach/Break Van/The Deputation
- Toby: Toby and the Stout Gentleman/Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas
- Bulgy: Bulgy
- Elizabeth: Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
- Cranky/Thomas and Percy to the Rescue: Cranky Bugs
- Terence/Thomas' Snowy Day: Thomas, Terence and the Snow
- Skarloey: Crosspatch/Bucking Bronco
- Mavis: Mavis/Toby's Tightrope
2004
- Percy: Percy and the Signal/Percy's Promise
- Bill and Ben: Heroes
- Sir Handel/Sir Handel Learns a Lesson: Sir Handel
- Oliver: Escape
- Bulstrode: Bulstrode
- Gordon: Edward and Gordon/Gordon’s Whistle
- Edward: Cows/Old Iron
- Duncan: Passengers and Polish/Gallant Old Engine
- Salty: Salty's Secret
- Stepney: Stepney Gets Lost
2005
- Duck/No Nonsense, Duck!: Duck Takes Charge/Donald's Duck
- Henry: Coal/The Flying Kipper
- Harold/Percy and Harold's Big Race: Percy and Harold
- Peter Sam: Special Funnel
- Emily: Emily's New Coaches/Emily's New Route
- Trevor/Trevor's Lucky Day: Saved from Scrap
- Bertie: Thomas and Bertie
- Diesel: Thomas and the Evil Diesel
- Daisy: Daisy/Bulls Eyes/Percy's Predicament
- Spencer/Edward takes the Lead: Gordon and Spencer/Edward the Great
2006
- 'Arry and Bert: Halloween
- George/George meets his Match: Steam Roller
- Jack/Thomas' New Friend: Jack Jumps In/A Friend in Need
- Annie and Clarabel: Thomas and the Guard/The Runaway
- Rheneas: Rheneas and the Roller Coaster
- Fergus/Thomas' Good Advice: Bill, Ben and Fergus
- Mighty Mac/Mighty and Mac Work It Out: Mighty Mac
- Harvey: Harvey to the Rescue
- Rusty/Rusty Gets the Job Done: Rusty Saves the Day
- Molly/Molly the Very Special Engine: Molly's Special Special
2007
- Arthur: The Spotless Record
- Caroline: Train Stops Play
- Murdoch: Peace and Quiet
- Neville: Thomas and the New Engine
- Freddie: Fearless Freddie
- Rocky: Edward Strikes Out
- Rosie: Thomas and the Birthday Mail
- Dennis/Thomas the Helpful Engine: Thomas' Day Off
- Alfie/A Really Useful Engine: Alfie Has Kittens
- The Fat Controller/The Fat Controller's Busy Day: Trouble in the Shed/Percy Runs Away
2008
- Jeremy/Thomas and Jeremy Working Together: Thomas and the Jet Plane
- Hector: Hector the Horrid
- BoCo: The Diseasel
- Billy/Thomas and Billy: Don't be Silly, Billy
- Whiff: Emily's Rubbish
- The Snowy Special: Henry's Lucky Day
- Thomas The Tank Engine Story Treasury
2009
- Stanley: The Great Discovery
- Flora: Tram Trouble
- Colin: The Party Surprise
- Hank: Heave Ho Thomas!
- Madge: Wash Behind Your Buffers
2010
- Hiro/Thomas Helps Out: Hero of the Rails
- Kevin
- Victor: Steamy Sodor
- Troublesome Trucks/Thomas meets the Troublesome Trucks: Thomas and the Trucks
- Charlie: Play Time
- Haunted Henry: Haunted Henry
- The Snowy Surprise: Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
- "Thomas to the Rescue" (released for World Book Day)
2011
- The Spring Surprise: Edited version of Thomas and the Pigs.
50 of the 65 titles in the series were republished and given new covers.
Personalised books
- [Name] and the Birthday Surprise
A special edition of the series which allows parents of Thomas fans to have their child written into a story as a character, who has a special birthday trip with Thomas.
- [Name] and the Christmas Rescue
A Christmas themed variant of the above, plus the option to add a friend of the participating child.
My First Railway Library
In 2014, Egmont Publishing announced that the My Thomas Story Library was going to be replaced with My First Railway Library. This series re-uses illustrations from the Story Library with some modifications, while the text is a rhyming verse about the featured character rather than a story.
- Thomas the Really Useful Engine
- Percy the Cheeky Little Engine
- James the Splendid Red Engine
- Gordon the Big Strong Engine
- Henry the Smart Green Engine
- Thomas and the Easter Egg Hunt
- Thomas and the Winter Rescue
- Bertie the Helpful Bus
- Flynn the Fire Engine
Wooden Railway Book Packs
In 2015, six of the reintroduced Story Library books were released as website-exclusive products and each sold with a Wooden Railway engine for which the book was named after.
Book Packs
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- Percy the Small Engine
- Gordon the Big Engine
- James the Red Engine
- Emily the Stirling Engine
- Salty the Dockyard Diesel
Trivia
- Aside from the Wooden Railway Book Packs, it is currently unknown if these were released in the United States.
- Donald and Douglas are painted blue throughout the series after their introduction, as in The Railway Series books.
- The Arlesdale Railway was mentioned in Duck, despite having only appeared in The Railway Series until the 2015 special Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
- In July 2014, thirty titles were made available for digital download.
- The range was featured in a category round for children's books on a 2012 episode of the BBC game show Pointless.
- Kevin’s book is the only one to feature a story that is not based off the television series or The Railway Series.
- Skarloey and Rheneas have brass domes and were briefly cabless, like in The Railway Series.
- Some illustrations of their books were used in some Thomas Express magazines, De Agostini magazines and Read and Play!.
- Several characters from The Railway Series have appeared throughout the series. These include Isabel, Alice, Mirabel, Agnes, Ruth, Jemima, Lucy, Beatrice, Thomas' Special Coach, Mr. Peter Sam, Mr. Mack and Mr. Bobbie. In addition, Neil and the Arlesdale Railway engines were also indirectly mentioned. A workshop engine resembling Wilbert also appears in The Fat Controller.
- Several television series characters appeared despite not receiving their own personalised books. These include Henrietta, Toad, Class 40, Oliver the Excavator, Max, Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobella and Tiger Moth.
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Czech | O mašince Tomášovi |
| Japanese | きかんしゃトーマスおはなしえほん |
| Korean | 꼬마 기관차 토마스와 친구들 베스트 동화 세트 |