The Cranky Day and other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories (Thomas and Friends) (Pictureback(R)) |  | Author: Rev. W. Awdry
Brand: Random House
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 154603
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 24
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8 x 0.1
MPN: GKW47019
ISBN: 0375802460
EAN: 9780375802461
ASIN: 0375802460
Publication Date: April 25, 2000
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Product Description
Thomas and the Really Useful Engines are set for three new adventures: Cranky Bugs, Put-Upon Percy, and Lady Hatt's Birthday. Filled with wonderful photos from the critically acclaimed television series Shining Time Station, this Pictureback will be a must for Thomas fans everywhere.
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
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 Three stories in one book. May 11, 2002
MLPlayfair (Ravenna, OH)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
THE CRANKY DAY is made up of three stories: Cranky Bugs, Put-Upon Percy, and Lady Hatt's Birthday Party. This inexpensive paperback is perfect for the Thomas fan. It has the colorful photographic "illustrations" that look like the series we're familiar with. This one is REALLY popular with my Thomas fans, and you can read the stories one at a time or all three at once. But beware -- when you're finished they're going to want you to read it again! and again! and again!
The first paperback of the fifth series! May 19, 2000
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book contains 3 stories from the fifth series of Thomas the tank engine & friends.These 3 stories are titled 'Cranky Bugs','Put Upon Percy',and 'Lady Hatt's Birthday Party'.
 A Crane, A Collapse, And A Complete Mess July 20, 2005
Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Three stories, Cranky Bugs, Put-Upon Percy, and Lady Hatt's Birthday. These are in keeping with the television show, but not the original stories by Reverend Awdry. For instance you will notice references to Sir Topham Hatt as he is known on television (in the books he is The Fat Controller).
In Cranky Bugs, Thomas and Percy have to deal with a new crane at the docks. Cranky, the crane, does not like small engines but learns his lesson.
Put-Upon Percy has Percy working very hard and getting very dirty. But after some excitement at the mines, Percy is rewarded with having a new coat of paint put upon him.
Finally, Sir Topham Hatt has trouble getting to Lady Hatt's birthday celebration. Utilizing many vehicles, and getting dirtier with each one, he manages to get to the celebration just in time.
Each of the three stories is illustrated with stills from the television show. Some are small and some are large. While it may seem absurd to an adult that a piece up burlap can hold back an avalanche (in Put-Upon Percy), kids really enjoy these stories.
 Not the same as the previous pictureback books from R.H. July 26, 2000
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
Back in 1993, 4, and leading up to 6, Random House published about 5 or 7 pictureback books from the Thomas series, from the era of Ringo Starr narrating. The main difference between those books and "The Cranky Day" is quite disappointing. "The Cranky Day" (which is even titled wrong. [Cranky Bugs]) is written straight from the vhs tape, as if the closed captioning was copied and pasted into a book. Nothing is explained, and I am not exaggerating. If you haven't seen any of these stories yet, you'll be very, VERY confused when you hear the dialect of an engine say "LOOK OUT!" or, "DON'T MOVE", then to see an image, of what might be happening, with no reasonable explaination given. There never is a sentence in the book saying: "Percy had helped lift Cranky up with a rope, but foolishly forgot to detach it." or something with reason. Overall, it's still an okay book. but I am disappointed that Random House copied straight from the tape...yuck!
stories don't make sense September 15, 2007
honeypickle (Brooklyn, NY USA)
Most of these stories don't flow naturally. Story points jump around. And the pictures too often don't go with the story being told. Many of these "read to me" books will have something a bit off, but this is the worst offender.
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