List of Thomas the Tank Engine pictureback books

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series based on The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry which was first broadcast in 1984. This article lists Thomas books in the Pictureback series.

Thomas Gets Tricked

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*Thomas Gets Tricked
*Come Out, Henry!
*Henry to the Rescue
*A Big Day for Thomas

Notes

*Introduces Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt.

Trouble for Thomas

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*Trouble for Thomas
*Thomas Saves the Day
*Thomas Goes Fishing
*Terence the Tractor

Notes

*Introduces James, Annie and Clarabel, Foolish Freight Cars and Terence the Tractor.

James in a Mess

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*James in a Mess
*Bertie's Chase
*Percy and the Signal
*Percy Proves a Point

Notes

*Introduces Toby, Percy, Bertie the Bus and Harold the Helicopter.

A Cow on the Line

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*Double Trouble
*A Cow on the Line
*Old Iron
*Percy Takes the Plunge

Notes

*Toby cannot be seen in this book, but he did star in "Double Trouble" and "A Cow on the Line".
*Bill and Ben made their debut but were not yet introduced.

Diesel's Devious Deed

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*Pop Goes the Diesel
*Diesel's Devious Deed
*A Close Shave for Duck
*Woolly Bear

Notes

*Introduces Duck and Diesel.

Edward's Exploit

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*Donald and Douglas
*The Deputation
*The Dieseasel
*Edward's Exploit

Notes

*Introduces Donald, Douglas, Bill, Ben and BoCo.

The Cranky Day

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*Cranky Bugs
*Put-upon Percy
*Lady Hatt's Birthday Party

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*Introduces Cranky the Crane, and Lady Hatt.
*First book to include three stories.

Α Better View for Gordon

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*Toby and the Flood
*Α Better View for Gordon
*Busy Going Backwards

Notes

*Introduces Oliver and Toad.

Thomas and the Rumors

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*Thomas and the Rumors
*James and the Trouble with Trees
*Happy Ever After

Notes

*Introduces Old Slow Coach.
*Last book to feature stories from the fifth season

Percys Chocolate Crunch

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*Percys Chocolate Crunch
*Saltys Secret
*A Bad Day For Harold The Helicopter

Note

*Introduces Salty
*Foolish Freight Cars now called Troublesome Trucks

James and the Red Balloon

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*James and the Red Balloon
*Harvey to the Rescue
*Thomas The Jet Engine

Note

*Introduces Harvey

Hooray for Thomas

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*Hooray for Thomas
*The Grand Opening
*Best Dressed Engine

Notes

*Introduces Skarloey, Rheneas, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duncan, Trevor the Traction Engine and Murdoch.

Track Stars!

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*Thomas Gets It Right
*Emilys New Route
*Percy's Big Mistake

Notes

*Introduces Emily

Thomas' Milkshake Muddle

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*Thomas' Milkshake Muddle
*Toby Feels Left Out
*Thomas and the New Engine

Note

*Introduces Neville

Thomas and the Treasure

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*Thomas and the Treasure
*James the Second Best
*Thomas and Skarloey's Big Day Out

Note

*Introduces Mr. Percival

team Engine Stories

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*The Magic Lamp
*James Gets a New Coat
*Thomas and the Golden Eagle

Note

*Introduces Proteus

Notes

*These books were released in America only.
*The books "Thomas Gets Tricked" and "Trouble for Thomas" have a saying underneath the frontcover and on the back-cover, "As seen on the television show "Shining Time Station".