Plantilla:Tab Plantilla:Otheruses1 Plantilla:Infobox BookPlantilla:Quote James, re-titled James the Red Engine in 2011, is the second book in the My Thomas Story Library series.
Plot[]
This is a story about James the Red Engine. When he first arrived on Sodor, he was so busy thinking about his shiny red paint that he soon got into lots to trouble. I thought I might have to send him away...
Characters[]
- Edward
- James
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Jeremiah Jobling
- The Blue Tank Engine Plantilla:Not seen
- Annie Plantilla:Note
- Thomas Plantilla:Note
- Gordon Plantilla:Mentioned
Locations[]
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Knapford
- Gordon's Hill
- Cronk
Trivia[]
- This book is based on the stories "James and the Top Hat", "James and the Bootlace", and "Troublesome Trucks" from The Railway Series book, James the Red Engine.
- The book was released with a CD narrated by Michael Angelis in 2007.
- This book was featured as a read along on the Read and Play! app with narration by Mark Moraghan.
- In 2015, this book (along with five others) was sold as a website-exclusive book pack with a Wooden Railway James.
- The lead truck of the breakaways is drawn with a mirrored version of Bulstrode's shocked face.
- The Chinese version of the front cover has James looking away from the viewer instead of looking directly at the viewer.
Goofs[]
- Gordon's Hill is illustrated as having a single track instead of three tracks.
- Most of the trucks in the ninth illustration lack facial features.
- Edward is mistaken as Henry in the Read and Play! app in Little Engines Easy Reading, despite Henry not appearing in this book.
- James is oversized in the eighth illustration.
In Other Languages[]
Plantilla:Other Languages
he:ג'יימס (ספריית סיפורי תומס שלי) pl:Kuba (My Thomas Story Library)