My Thomas Story Library
Egmont Publishing, in collaboration with Hit Entertainment have released a series of small books for children titled the My Thomas Story Library featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Over the course of five years, the company plan to publish a collection of fifty titles, each one devoted individually to a character from the popular television series. The stories featured in each book are loose adaptations of those that feature in the original The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry, whilst others are adapted from the television series.
The books are illustrated using special enhanced graphics by Robin Davies and Jerry Smith.
The series ended in 2011 after experiencing a decrease in sales. It was replaced with the Thomas Story Time series in 2012.
Contents
Current Titles
2003
- Thomas (Thomas and Gordon/Thomas and the Breakdown Train)
- James (James and the Coaches/Troublesome Trucks)
- Donald and Douglas (Hello 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 (Cranky Bugs)
- Terence (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 (A Bad Day For Sir Handel)
- Oliver (Escape)
- Bulstrode (Bulstrode)
- Gordon (Edward and Gordon/Whistles and Sneezes)
- Edward (Cows/Old Iron)
- Duncan (Passengers and Polish/Gallant Old Engine)
- Salty (Salty's Secret)
- Stepney (Stepney Gets Lost)
2005
- Duck (Duck Takes Charge/Donald's Duck)
- Henry (Coal)
- Harold (Percy and Harold)
- Peter Sam (Special Funnel)
- Emily (Emily's New Coaches/Emily's New Route)
- Trevor (Saved from Scrap/Thomas & Trevor)
- Bertie (Thomas and Bertie)
- Diesel (Thomas and the Evil Diesel)
- Daisy (Daisy/Percy's Predicament/Bulleyes)
- Spencer (Gordon and Spencer/Edward the Great)
2006
- Rheneas (Rheneas & the Roller Coaster)
- Annie & Clarabel (Thomas & the Guard/The Runaway)
- George (Steam Roller)
- 'Arry & Bert (Halloween)
- Jack (Jack Jumps In/A Friend in Need)
- Fergus (Bill, Ben & Fergus/Fergus Breaks the Rules)
- Mighty Mac (Mighty Mac)
- Rusty (Rusty to the Rescue/Rusty Saves the Day)
- Molly (Molly's Special Special)
- Harvey (Harvey to the Rescue)
2007
- Caroline (Train Stops Play)
- Neville (Thomas & the New Engine)
- Murdoch (Peace & Quiet)
- Freddie (Fearless Freddie)
- Arthur (The Spotless Record)
- Dennis (Thomas' Day Off)
- Rosie (Thomas & the Birthday Mail)
- Rocky (Edward Strikes Out)
- Alfie (Alfie Has Kittens)
- The Fat Controller (Trouble in the Shed)
2008
- Jeremy (Thomas & the Jet Plane)
- Hector (Hector the Horrid)
- Billy (Don't Be Silly, Billy!)
- Whiff (Emily's Rubbish)
- BoCo (The Diseasel)
- The Snowy Special (Henry's Lucky Day)
2009
- Stanley (The Great Discovery)
- Flora (Tram Trouble)
- Colin (The Party Surprise)
- Hank (Heave Ho Thomas)
- Madge (Wash Behind Your Buffers)
2010
- Charlie (Playtime)
- Kevin
- Hiro (Hero of the Rails)
- Troublesome Trucks (Thomas and the Trucks)
- Victor (Steamy Sodor)
- The Snowy Surprise (Thomas & Percy's Christmas Adventures)
- Haunted Henry (Haunted Henry)
- Thomas To The Rescue
2011
- The Spring Surprise (Edited version of Thomas & The Pigs)
Personalised books
- 'You' and the Birthday Surprise
There is a special edition of the "My Thomas Story Library" books which allows parents, mothers or fathers of Thomas fans to have their child placed in a special story as a character, who has a special birthday trip with Thomas. The book is called "You and the Birthday Surprise".
- 'You' and the Christmas Rescue
This is the second "My Thomas Story Library" books which allows people to have someone they want placed in a special story as a character, plus a friend of him too.
Trivia
- Donald and Douglas are painted blue, as in the Railway Series books.
- In "Oliver", Oliver's autocoach Isabel appears, but not Dulcie; likewise, the Diesel makes a cameo appearance.
- In "Murdoch", Harvey and Salty come to help Murdoch when he stops due to sheep instead of Toby as Murdoch's fire goes out and has no more steam.
- In "Spencer", the writers clearly decided to use the deleted scene of Donald and Douglas from "Edward the Great" as the Scottish Twins are mentioned and shown in the illustrations.
- In "Colin", Freddie meets both Rusty and Peter Sam at the same time and Thomas brings Mr. Percival back to the Wharf from Mountain Village Station.
Goofs
- Duck has green wheels in "Annie and Clarabel".
- Bill and Ben have reversed letters in "Fergus".
- Monty is referred to as Max in "Jack".
- Arry and Bert have red bufferbeams in "Arry and Bert".
- Thomas has no buffers in one of the last pictures in "Rocky". In the same book, Edward's wheels consistently change arrangement.
- Daisy is depicted as a CoBo engine in "Daisy".
- Mighty Mac is depicted as a standard gauge engine in "Mighty Mac".
- In "Murdoch", Salty is said to have steamed after Harvey says "No need to be rude."
- In Billy and Whiff's books, Diesel has yellow and black stripes on his front.
- In one of the last pictures of "Emily", Thomas' wheels are the same size as Gordon's drive wheels. In the same book, Edward is depicted with a 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.
- In the last illustration of "Duck", Donald has no tender.
- On the front cover of "Spencer", Spencer doesn't have a front coupling hook.
- Edward's side cab windows are missing their lining on the front cover of "Edward". However, the back covers of every book promoting Edward's book includes the lining.
- In "Bulstrode", the text mentions that the trucks crash through the buffers, but the illustration shows that they come off the rails at the points.
- In one illustration of "Oliver", Douglas' tender bufferbeam is black and doesn't have buffers or a coupling hook.
- Throughout "Hank", Hank's first boiler band is red.
- Percy is missing his siderods in his first appearance in "Hank".
- In the first illustration of "Skarloey", Sir Handel is depicted with a white cab and blue bufferbeam.
- In "Victor", James' drive wheels are missing in one illustration.
