Thomas' Sticker Express

Thomas and Friends

by W. Awdry (Creator)

These Thomas & Friends journeys are filled with 64 pages of coloring activities and more than 700 stickers! This is one ride around the Island of Sodor boys ages 3-7 won't want to miss!

64 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2006

About the author

Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, better known as the Rev. W. Awdry, was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, who starred in Awdry's acclaimed Railway Series.

The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented in 1943 to amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles. The first book (The Three Railway Engines) was published in 1945, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in 1972, The Railway Series numbered 26 books. Christopher subsequently added further books to the series.

Reviews

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I ignored some of the reviews because they were disappointed this wasn't a sticker book where all the stickers have assigned pages where you stick them because the description clearly said it had coloring pages and stickers. And that's exactly what I wanted! My son is too little to want to put his stickers in the sticker book, instead he prefers them on the back of his hand, on mommy, on his bed post...you name it! And that's another reason I like this set - these really are low-tack stickers. In other words, I have been easily able to take them off of anything he's stuck them on, including our hardwood floor and Mr. Potato Head. Since my son loses interest in the actual sticker pretty quickly, it doesn't matter to me that it only stays stuck to him for a short time. However, I gave it 4 stars as I do wish they were a little stickier/tackier...they're on the "fall off too soon" side.

I kept some of the stickers myself because I'm making a Thomas themed scrapbook of my son's pictures. That says something about the attractiveness of the stickers. You get stickers of engines, cars, equipment, tracks, scenery (trees etc), railroad signs, engine names, sayings, symbols, and more. I was blown away by how many stickers there were.

And of course the secondary use: tons of pages for coloring. I'd say this book is about a 1/2 inch thick.

Overall I'm pleased because it was exactly what I wanted and wanted and will give me so many uses (potty training reward stickers, yay!).