Thomas wishes he was as much fun as Charlie, but he learns that sometimes it's also important to be serious.

Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a special operations executive. When a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France, she is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war.

Another tale from the Island of Sodor.

A World War II drama in which Popsicle leaves his home in the Scilly Islands to travel around the world when his wife leaves him, taking their young son with her. The story is continued many years later when Popsicle is an elderly man. Published in hardback in 1998.

This title provide a non-fiction series aimed at children from the age of ten. Each book in the series presents the reader with an exciting expedition to tackle, and is crammed with fascinating information, gruesome details and cool facts useful for the journey.

An exciting new non-fiction series aimed at children of 10+. Each book in the series presents the reader with an exciting expedition to tackle, and is crammed with fascinating information, gruesome details and cool facts useful for the journey. Ages 10+.