The Three Railway Engines (Railway)

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Reverend W. Awdry: The Three Railway Engines (Railway) (Hardcover, Egmont Books Ltd)

Hardcover, 72 pages

Published by Egmont Books Ltd.

ISBN:
978-1-4052-0331-9
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reviewed The Three Railway Engines by Reverend W. Awdry (The Railway Series, #1)

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  • feels outdated + irrelevant
  • unlikeable characters. example: Edward scares others for fun
  • there was a chapter where the characters locked up a train (Henry) because he refused to leave a tunnel (and disliked the rain). the chapter ended with an intrusive narrator that says "But I think he deserved it, don't you?" it felt cruel and unsympathetic.
  • some scenes were positive and about perseverance, determination, and change
  • moralistic, in an annoying way

Subjects

  • Character books
  • Children: Grades 3-4