Bert And John [Remastered] - Bert Jansch/John Renbourn

Advantages: Great fun book for Thomas Fans
Disadvantages: None

...'Arry and Bert is a fun short book in the my Thomas Story Library. It is number 31 in the collection. The cover of the book has a picture of both 'Arry and Bert and above this there is a yellow banner with the title in red lettering. The back cover of the book is also yellow and has small pictures showing other titles available in the collection. THE STORY The book starts with an introduction from the Fat Controller. He tells us how 'Arry and Bert are diesels and that they love playing tricks on the steam engines and getting them into trouble. The story then starts with is being Halloween on the Island of Sodor and the engines were enjoying picking up the passengers and seeing them dressed up as funny things. That evening Thomas and Emily had to go to the yard to collect iron trucks from 'Arry and Bert and deliver them to... Read review

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Advantages: super good music
Disadvantages: inlay and cover design

...Bert Weedon was a genius with a guitar in hands in my opinion. He was a major '50 influence ,why? because he was so damn good at playing guitar. And second of all because his style of pop-instrumental music was so attractive especially to the teenagers of that that time that he became a living legend of the fifties in england. Why I like this guy so much is because I consider him the same as Roger Williams and his music is a relaxation and the time spent to listen to his music is a great way to escape from the rush of our days. The very best of Bert Weedon is a compilation released in 2004 by EMI Gold label and it's the reincarnation of the best work of this forgotten genius. Now if you listen to his music bert weedon tries very hard to influence the music of his time by giving the guitar sound a sweet and sour taste by alternating very... Read review

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Advantages: nice to have as part of collection
Disadvantages: not the best characters

...Good old Thomas the Tank Engine is traditionally the character of choice for autistic children so, true to form, our autistic three year old, Tom, fell in love with Thomas and all his friends about two years ago and hasn't stopped adoring them since. We have a huge amount of Thomas the Tank Engine books, especially the board books as they are what Tom enjoys. About a year ago we saw a set of the first twenty five books in the 'My Thomas Library' series which are based on the original stories by the Rev. W. Awdry. The set was on offer with The Book People. It was a really good deal so we've been handing them out to the kids for ages now and they seem to have gone down well. Each book tells the story of one the characters from Sodor [or two if they are connected like 'Arry and Bert']. Since buying this set many more titles have become... Read review

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