{"product_id":"really-useful-stories-for-growing-up-thomas-friends-9780593425350","title":"Really Useful Stories for Growing Up (Thomas \u0026 Friends)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReally Useful Stories for Growing Up (Thomas \u0026amp; Friends)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Parent, Nancy. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780593425350.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreschool boys and girls will learn lessons about growing up with Thomas and his engine friends in this all-new hardcover storybook collection!\n\nTrain-loving boys and girls ages 2-5 will love to learn important lessons about growing up with Thomas the Tank Engine in this 96-page beautifully illustrated hardcover collection featuring four stories about feelings, being kind, respecting rules, and making friends.\n\nIn the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden train engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, the Reverend W Awdry, made up to accompany the wonderful toy were first published in 1945 and became the basis for the Railway Series, a collection of books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends--and the rest is history. Thomas \u0026amp; Friends(TM) are now a big extended family of engines and others on the Island of Sodor. They appear not only in books but also in television shows and movies, and as a wide variety of beautifully made toys. The adventures of Thomas and his friends, which are always, ultimately, about friendship, have delighted generations of train-loving boys and girls for more than 70 years and will continue to do so for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45254430425141,"sku":"ByrdShop_0593425359","price":36.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780593425350_30a6bd79-ed6c-4f5f-bf29-c03871254291.jpg?v=1779959377","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/really-useful-stories-for-growing-up-thomas-friends-9780593425350","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}