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The kids like the pictures, so half the time I make up a story to go along with the pictures. It is very frustrating reading all of these stories as one sentence doesn't flow into the next sentence. My children like the Thomas the Tank Engine series. However, I have to agree with the other reviewer that commented on the disjointed stories. I am constantly backing up and rereading the sentences to make sense of the stories.
I say "were" because my sons are now 5-years old and 4-years old and both are a little too old for these picture books. Unlike many of the other picture books from Random House, this book is illustrated with pictures from the TV show. My sons really lit up when they recognized the stories on TV from our bedtime reading.There are four stories:Double TroubleA Cow on the LineOld IronPercy Takes the PlungeWe have several other Thomas books that were regulars in our bedtime reading collection. Aim to read these with your 2-3-year olds.
If you think you're going to read ONE story at a time, be advised, you'll probably have to read clear to the end of the book every time. This book is nice because it has several stories. Reading Thomas books has become our pre-naptime routine--what a great way for Grammy and grandson to bond.
A very nice story for 3-year-old fan of Thomas trains, videos,puzzles, books and pjs.
It's the 2nd Thomas book, I've ever bought - and I hope most of them aren't as bad as this one. It is very dis-jointed.
Besides, it is frustrating to the adults that have to endure reading this to the children over and over. The words(vocabulary) that are used seem to be somewhat unusual (perhaps - they are british terms) - which do not help.
The illustrations (which are photos of the train models) do not help the reader to figure out what is going on in the story. Although my 3 year son doesn't seen to mind too much, it certainly is not his favorite book.
This is a pretty bad book. There are several stories in this book, all of which seem to have chunks of the stories missing.
This book is not worth the money or the effort.
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