Parents who find themselves reading the vast array of “Thomas and Friends” books know it can be a wearying experience. The target age group does not expect complex characterization and subtle ...

In 2021, Mattel rebooted the show as the 2D animated series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go. “Mattel is deeply ... Awdry’s Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt ...

“Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go” premiered in 2021 on Cartoon Network. The television series is based on the “The Railway Series” books by Rev W. Awdry, which was first published in 1945.

For the uninitiated, Thomas is a cheerful blue locomotive with an expressive face who first appeared in British children’s books ... “let’s go!” punctuated by other words that Thomas and ...