Thomas and the Beanstalk

A favorite fairy tale retold in a Little Golden Book--starring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends!

Thomas the Tank Engine stars in a retelling of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Thomas tells his friends the story of Jack, the magic beans, and the giant beanstalk before bedtime. The next day, while carrying a load of beans, Thomas dreams that he rides up a giant beanstalk to a land of giants high above the clouds. Thomas & Friends(TM) fans ages 3 to 7 will be riveted by this beautifully illustrated hardcover story--a familiar fairy tale retold in a thrilling new way, featuring their favorite little blue engine, his good friends Percy and James, a tiny golden steam engine, and a pinch of magic.

In 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 & Friends now make up 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.