Thomas Goes Fishing (Step into Reading Book Series: A Step 1 Book)

by Rev. W. Awdry, Richard Courtney (Illustrator)

Overview

Thomas often sees his young friends standing by the stream fishing.
It looks like so much fun that Thomas wants to go fishing too. One day, he runs out of steam and his driver fills his boiler from the stream. And soon, Thomas’ boiler is what the driver is fishing in!
In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small, blue, wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, the Reverend W Awdry, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375831188
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	05/10/2005
Series:	Step into Reading Book Series: A Step 1 Book
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	113,274
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, Reverend W. Awdry, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945. He continued to create new adventures and characters until 1972, when he retired from writing. Reverend Awdry died in 1997 at the age of 85.

Richard Courtney is a published illustrator known for his colorful work in the children’s book series Thomas & Friends.