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The Great Race is a Step Into Reading book.
Description
Bertie wants to race and Thomas happily takes up the challenge. Bertie takes an early lead, but a patient Thomas proves there are advantages to riding on tracks instead of roads.
Characters
Trivia
- This book is based on the first series episode, Thomas and Bertie.
- This book was narrated by Michael Brandon on the Hooray for Thomas and Other Adventures DVD and Robin Smith on the Thomas' Halloween Adventures DVD.
- The title of this book shares its name with a Thomas & Friends special.
Goofs
- On the front cover of the book, Bertie's radiator is a light silver colour, but in the book itself, it is a darker grey.
- In the thirteenth illustration, Thomas' coupling rods are missing and Bertie is missing his eyebrows.
- In the last illustration, the signal does not have a lamp.