Thomas the Tank Engine Book Club

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The Thomas the Tank Engine Book Club is a series of books published by Grolier in the UK and Australia and Scholastic in the US and Canada in 1995. Each of the books feature two stories from the Railway Series by either the Reverend W. Awdry or Christopher Awdry. In 2001, some of these books received a re-release which renamed the series to Thomas & Friends Club. In the re-release, the cover style was changed and the books are now double-sided, meaning that one side contains the first story while the other contains the second. Each bundle also included two press-out character standees to be used with a playmat included with the first bundle.

Titles

UK/AUS

1. A Close Shave - Dirty Work and A Close Shave
2. Bertie's Chase - Bertie's Chase and Old Iron
3. Bowled Out - Bowled Out and Dirty Objects
4. Bull's-Eyes - Bull's-Eyes and Mrs. Kindley's Christmas
5. Buzz, Buzz - Buzz Buzz and Wrong Road
6. Duck and Dukes - Cross Patch and Duck and Dukes
7. Edward and Gordon - Edward's Day Out and Edward and Gordon
8. Gallant Old Engine - Passengers and Polish and Gallant Old Engine
9. Gordon the Big Engine - Leaves and Paint Pots and Queens
10. Henry the Green Engine - The Flying Kipper and Henry's Sneeze
11. Home at Last - Home at Last and Rock 'n' Roll
12. "Hullo Twins!" - Hullo Twins and Little Old Twins
13. James in Trouble - James and the Bootlaces and Dirty Objects
14. James the Red Engine - Troublesome Trucks and James and the Express
15. Off the Rails - Off the Rails and Down the Mine
16. Old Faithful - Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady and Old Faithful
17. Percy and Harold - Percy and Harold and Percy Takes the Plunge
18. Percy in Disguise - Ghost Train and Woolly Bear
19. Percy Runs Away - Percy Runs Away and Percy's Promise
20. Percy the Small Engine - Percy and the Signal and Duck Takes Charge
21. Saved from Scrap - Cows! and Saved from Scrap
22. The Deputation - Break Van and the Deputation
23. The Sad Story of Henry - The Sad Story of Henry and Edward, Gordon and Henry
24. Thomas and Bertie - Thomas and the Guard and Thomas and Bertie
25. Thomas and Gordon - Thomas and Gordon and Thomas' Train
26. Thomas and Terence - Thomas, Terence and the Snow and Thomas Goes Fishing
27. Thomas Comes to Breakfast - Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Daisy
28. Thomas the Tank Engine - Thomas and the Trucks and Thomas and the Breakdown Train
29. Toby the Tram Engine - Toby and the Stout Gentleman and Thomas in Trouble
30. Troublesome Engines - Tenders and Turntables and Trouble in the Shed
31. Trucks! - Trucks and The Missing Coach
32. Henry and the Elephant - Henry and the Elephant and Fire Engine
33. James and the Diesel Engines - Crossed Lines and Deep Freeze
34. Thomas the Runaway - Thomas, Percy and the Coal and The Runaway

US/CAN

1. October 2001

• Book 1: Thomas and Gordon/Thomas' Train
• Book 2: Thomas and the Freight Cars/Thomas and the Breakdown Train
• Character Standees: Thomas and Gordon
• Percy Runs Away/Percy and Harold
• Percy's Promise/Percy Takes the Plunge
• Percy and Harold

2. December 2001

• The Sad Story of Henry/Edward, Gordon, and Henry
• Henry and the Elephant/Fire Engine
• Henry and Sir Topham Hatt

3. January 2002

• Leaves/Off the Rails
• Paint Pots and the Royal Queen/Down the Mine
• James and a Troublesome Truck

4. February 2002

• Edward's Day Out/Edward and Gordon
• Cows!/Saved from Scrap
• Edward and Trevor

7. March 2002

• Thomas, Terence and the Snow/Thomas Goes Fishing
• Toby and the Stout Gentleman/Thomas in Trouble
• Toby and Terence

8. April 2002

• James and the Bootlace/James and the Express
• Thomas and the Guard/Old Iron
• Annie and Clarabel

9. May 2002

• Thomas and Bertie/Bertie's Chase
• Tenders and Turntables/Trouble in the Shed
• Bertie and a Driver

10. June 2002

• The Flying Kipper/Henry's Sneeze
• Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady/Old Faithful
• Skarloey and Peter Sam

11. July 2002

• Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas/Bulls-Eyes
• Freight Cars!/Home at Last
• Sir Handel and Henrietta

12. August 2002

• Hullo Twins!/The Missing Coach
• Break-Van/The Deputation
• Donald and Douglas

13. September 2002

• Dirty Work/A Close Shave
• Buzz Buzz/Wrong Road
• Duck and BoCo

Trivia

• At least 12 to 16 of these books were originally numbered when Little Mammoth originally released less than half of this series in paperback. These include:

1. Thomas the Tank Engine
2. James the Red Engine
3. Gordon the Big Engine
4. Henry the Green Engine
5. Thomas and Terence
6. Troublesome Engines
7. Edward and Gordon
8. Percy Runs Away
9. Thomas the Runaway
10. Toby the Tram Engine
11. James and the Diesel Engines
12. Henry and the Elephant