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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 of trouble. The Fat Controller thought that he might have to send him away....
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There is still pleasure to be had from some discarded and incomplete library books such as my 1950s edition of James the red engine, once the property of Leicestershire County Library, accession number 55825. I can understand that a generation Z child would (and his or her Mum or Dad), would recoil at the state of a copy missing everything before page 6, pages 35/36 plus some tears and rips along the way. but for someone a bit older who remembers these books from the 1950s there remains something magic about them and their glossy pictures and their novelty when they came out Hooray for some battered library books.
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James, who has been given a shining new coat of red paint to cheer him up after his accident, gets hiccups, needs a bootlace, has trouble with his freight cars, and pulls the Express after Gordon loses his way
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W. V. Awdry was born on June 15, 1911 in Hampshire, England. He was ordained as a minister in 1936 and served as a vicar in many parishes. Fascinated by trains since childhood, Awdry told train stories to his young son, Christopher. When his son quickly pointed out discrepancies between his retelling of these stories, Awdry realized the importance show more of writing them down. His wife submitted some of the stories to a literary agent, and the hugely popular Thomas the Tank Engine series was created. Between 1945 and 1972, Awdry wrote twenty-six Thomas the Tank Engine stories, beginning with The Three Railway Engines and ending with Tramway Engines. His books have sold over 50 million copies and spawned an Emmy-winning PBS animated series. Fortunately for fans of the books, Awdry's son Christopher resumed writing the series. W. V. Awdry died on March 21, 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Railway Stories - The Three Railway engines, James the Red Engine, Troublesome Engines, Henry the Green Engine, Toby the Tram Engine, Gordon the Big Engine by Rev. W. Awdry
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- Canonical title
- James the Red Engine (Railway) (Railway)
- Original publication date
- 1948-09-14
- People/Characters
- Thomas the Tank Engine; Edward the Blue Engine; Gordon the Big Engine; James the Red Engine; Orange-Brown Non-Corridor Coaches; Troublesome Trucks (show all 12); Sir Topham Hatt; Henry the Green Engine; Annie and Clarabel; Charlie Sand; Sidney Hever; Jeremiah Jobling
- Important places
- Sodor, UK
- First words
- James was a new engine who lived at a station at the other end of the line.
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 8
