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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780375828928
ISBN number: 0375828923
Label: Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: June 22, 2004
Publishing house: Random House Books for Young Readers
Age index: Ages 4-8
Release Date: June 22, 2004
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Studio: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Thomas is convinced that he can drive himself! When he heads off on his own, he learns that stopping can be harder than starting.
This classic story, originally by the Reverend W Awdry, has been adapted to appeal to the reader who is just beginning to read. Includes fun language building activities.
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There are so many great kids books out there, it amazes me that a publisher could produce such a bad book. In this story, Thomas the train "comes to breakfast", meaning he crashes into a home where the family is eating at the table.
What is the purpose? Should kids think its funny if Thomas came crashing through their window, toppled their dining room table and endangered everybody? Who in the h_ _ _ thought up this story?
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Great story and fun exercises to reinforce what they read. Perfectly described by the other reviewer except our Kindergartener did not have any trouble with the exercises.
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"It is morning. Thomas wants to drive on his own. Thomas starts to go. He can not stop." -From the book
Thomas Comes to Breakfast is a Step 1 "Step into Reading" book, and is also a write-in reader.
Thomas gets the idea that he can run on the track all by himself...without the help of a driver! He ends up crashing into a house where a family is eating breakfast. Donald and Douglas-the Scottish twins-are called in to help Thomas out of the mess. They laugh at Thomas, and the family is mad at him.
This book is geared to beginning readers and writers, and provides several exercises for children to do. For example, there's a page asking "What can you do on your own?" and the child is instructed to draw a picture of it. There are other sections to draw a mad face and sad face, a match the items section (very basic), mathing things that make you stop, and a section to write the beginning letter of four words whose picture is on the previous page.
While Thomas Comes to Breakfast is supposedly geared to children of Preschool and Kindergarten age, the writing exercise is confusing and too difficult, in my opinion. The other exercises are age appropriate, however.
Douglas and Donald laugh at Thomas and his plight, but this story is one of the mild ones with regards to the engines taunting one another.
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