| For other uses, see Thomas. |
- “Wake up, Lazybones!”
- ― Thomas being cheeky to Gordon
Thomas, re-titled Thomas the Tank Engine in 2011, is the first book in the My Thomas Story Library series.
Plot
This is a story about Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas worked really hard, shunting coaches for the big engines. He's also a cheeky tank engine who loved playing jokes but what he wanted more than anything was his very own branch line...
Characters
- Thomas
- Gordon
- James
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Annie (does not speak)
- Harold (cameo)
- Edward (mentioned)
- Henry (mentioned)
- Clarabel (mentioned)
Locations
Trivia
- This book is based on the stories, "Thomas and Gordon" and "Thomas and the Breakdown Train" from the Railway Series book, Thomas the Tank Engine.
- The book was released with a CD narrated by Michael Angelis in 2007.
- In 2015, this book (along with five others) was sold as a website-exclusive book pack with a Wooden Railway Thomas, except the other books were sold with the engines the books were named after.
- This book was featured as a read along on the Read and Play! app with narration by Mark Moraghan.
- The second last illustration in this book is used as the first illustration for Thomas Comes to Australia, but Thomas and Gordon gain CGI faces.
Goofs
- James' tender is connected to his running board throughout the book.
- In the second illustration, Gordon's fly crank is missing.
- Harold appears in this book, but he was not introduced until the second series.
- James' wheels are grey when they should be black.
- At the back of Thomas, he's missing his rear lamp.
- In two illustrations, Thomas is missing his siderods.
- In the eleventh illustration, James is missing his siderods, whistle and third boiler band.
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Томас |
| Dutch | Thomas |
| Finnish | Tuomas |
| French | Thomas le petit train |
| Greek | Τόμας |
| Japanese | トーマス |
| Korean | 꼬마 기관차, 토마스 |
| Norwegian | Thomas |
| Polish | Tomek |
| Russian | Паровозик Томас |
| Spanish | Thomas |
| Swedish | Thomas |
| Welsh | Tomos |