Thomas & Friends: Blue Train, Green Train (Thomas & Friends)

by W. Awdry

Book Overview

Thomas the blue train works all day while Percy the green train works all night. But what exactly do they do? Told in the simplest language, here is a charming tale of a day and night on the Island of Sodor.

Bright and Early Books are perfect for beginning beginner readers Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1968 with The Foot Book, Bright and Early Books use fewer and easier words than Beginner Books. Readers just starting to recognize words and sound out letters will love these short books with colorful illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037583463X
• ISBN13: 9780375834639
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

One of my two year olds favorite books! We’ve read it so many times he has the whole thing memorized

We’ve read it so many times he has the whole thing memorized. Good rhymes. Small size is great for the diaper bag too.

Great addition to my two-year-old's library

My son loves all things train, so I got this book for him. He mostly enjoys looking at the pictures and calling out different words such as "blue", "green", "sun", etc. I enjoy reading the story as it is short and sweet.

Not for beginning readers

The other reviewer is correct as this is not a book for beginners, but it is an excellent book for kids who are interested in Thomas to learn about colors, shapes, and friendship. The rhymes are great and it is a pretty easy read (and you will end up reading this one over and over again). The only two trains in this book are Thomas and Percy, so it is nice that it doesn't introduce a lot of new trains and you can concentrate on the colors and shapes. If your kids are into Thomas you really can't go wrong with this one.

Great Thomas book

I agree with the other reviewer that this book probably isn't the best for a beginning reader. My two year old loves it as a "read this to me book", and I like it so much more than the Thomas books that are stories from the tv shows (I don't really like the themes in the some of shows--teasing, naughtiness, "you get what's coming to you", etc). I think it would have been even better if it had still photos, that is the best part of the other Thomas books. But regardless this book is very catchy (as any Dr. Suess-type book would be) and it is my favorite Thomas book. It is my toddler's favorite Thomas book too, I think he likes the rhymes. He brings it to me to read as often as he brings me his truck and car books. (He has a few of the Thomas books from the tv show as well and doesn't touch them).

Cute, Colorful Book - a review of "Blue Train, Green Train"

This Bright-and-Early book does not have an Accelerated Reading designation. And while it is described by the publisher as being intended "for an even lower age group" than "Beginner Books", my own Mom-Guessimate for the reading level would be 2nd Grade. I say this because the vocabulary is quite beyond any 'beginner' I've known. Here's an example from one page near the end: Up peeps the yellow sun! Green train Percy now is done. Home now to the Shed. "Peep, peep" The Shed is where Percy can sleep. Harder words include: clickety, orange, trikes, shadows, clouds, crates, stack, presents, and thick. Now while all pages do not have as much text as the example above, the vocabulary is fairly consistent in it's difficulty. Four Stars ::: This is a very nice book that tells the story of two friends who aren't on the same schedule. Percy is taking the mail at night, and Thomas is making his runs during the day. For babies and toddlers there is a lot to talk about: colors and shapes, animals and things like eggs, bicycles and wagons. Fairly advanced readers could find this good practice if they are still interested in Thomas and Friends. For everyone else, it is a good Read-aloud. We liked the rhyme and colorful artwork. [No still photos from the television show in this book.]

Clever, fun, educational book

I'm delighted whenever my 2-year old comes over asking me to read this book. It's a story about "Blue Train" (Thomas) and "Green train" (Percy). Blue train does his job during the day, while green train works at night. They are literally like 2 trains passing in the night. The story is very catchy, with lots of cute rhymes, and in fact I usually sing it to my kids. Kids learn while enjoying this book, as almost all the colors are mentioned, and also many different types of weather (sun, rain, fog), and the fact that both the sun and the moon cast shadows. A must for every Thomas the Tank Engine fan!