A worn quarry steam engine saves a diesel engine trapped in a rock slide. Spared from the scrap heap and restored, the diesel finds new work.

Allows fans of Thomas to rediscover the original classic stories about the world's best-loved tank engine. This title includes the four original Thomas stories.

Hear the accompanying Thomas & friends books read aloud. Young children push a button on the electronic Me Reader sound pad to listen and read-along.

In the 1920s, a new highway was built through California's Salinas Valley. Teenaged John Steinbeck learned road construction and earned college tuition on a summer job building what was known as Cauliflower Boulevard. At the same time, he gathered stories he would one day weave into great works of fiction.

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