Annuals

## Annual

**Annuals** are hard-cover books that feature coloring pages, games, character bios, and stories based off episodes from *All Engines Go*. Annuals were originally based off *The Railway Series* and *Thomas & Friends* from 1979 - 2021.

## 2020s

### 2023

The 2023 annual was published on 4th August 2022 in the UK and on 11th October 2022 in the US. It is the first annual to feature *All Engines Go* content. However, it also features two stories and a number of activities relating to the tail end of the original series.

#### Description

Join in with engines old and new in this year's Thomas Annual! Packed full of activities, stories and posters of your engine friends. The Thomas and Friends Annual 2023 includes stories from classic Thomas as well as the brand-new series, *All Engines Go*! Full of mazes, spot the differences, coloring pages, quizzes, character facts and posters, this Annual is the perfect Christmas gift for little train lovers!

#### Stories

* Thomas' Fuzzy Friend
* Cleo's First Snow
* A Thomas Promise
* Thomas Blasts Off
* Chasing Rainbows

#### Activities

* Christmas Spot
* Super Sizes
* Rainy Rescue
* Into the Tunnel
* Race a Friend
* Story Quiz
* Happy Chuff-mas!
* Go Green
* Funny Faces
* Dream Team
* Very Important Engine
* Delivery Dash
* Surprise Cargo
* Count Along
* Paint Workshop
* New Adventures
* Mine Maze
* Loop-the-Loop
* Fast Friends
* Party Time
* Rocket Ready
* What a Mess!
* Flip, Fizz, Flash!
* Rocking Rails
* Busy-whizzy Day
* See You Soon!

#### Character Bios

* Here Come the Engines!
* Here Comes Thomas
* Here Comes Percy
* Here Comes Sandy
* Here Comes Kana

#### Gallery

Front coverBack coverInto the Tunnel and Race a FriendHere Comes Thomas and Mine MazeThomas Blasts Off
### 2024

The 2024 annual was published in the UK on 3rd August 2023 and in the US on 26th September 2023.

#### Description

The Thomas & Friends Annual 2024 is a great gift for all train and transport-loving kids. It's colorful and really accessible to young fans, being packed full of appealing images from the All Engines Go TV Show. It has four great stories to enjoy plus a range of activities to keep children entertained and help them learn key early concepts including coloring, counting, simple letter and line tracing, opposites, spot the differences, pattern matching, join the dots, mazes, identifying weather types and different sizes and numbers of items, all with their favorite characters, so kids learn whilst they're having fun. Thomas and his friends also help young children learn about recycling, friendship and being helpful and kind to others.

#### Activities

* Let's Rock and Roll
* Animal Antics
* Found You!
* Sandy to the Rescue
* Copy Color
* Christmas Dash
* Fast Friends
* Kind Kana
* Bubble Trouble
* Everybody's Welcome
* Terrific Thomas
* Team Awesome
* A Perfect Plan
* Happy Birthday, Kana
* Which Thomas?
* Funny Close-ups
* Color Splash
* Sparkly Spot
* Twisty Tracks
* Catch Me if You Can
* Wild Weather
* Racing Rainbows
* Posters
* Spooky Shadows
* Bruno's Big Challenge
* Better Together

#### Character Bios

* Meet the Sodor Squad
* Go Go, Thomas
* Go Go, Percy
* Go Go, Kana
* Go Go, Bruno
* Go Go, Nia

#### Stories

* Hide and Surprise
* Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
* The Biggest Adventure Club
* Overnight Stop

#### Goofs

* The Amazon listing originally reused the description from the 2022 Annual.

#### Gallery

Front coverBack coverCharacter BiosGo Go Thomas and Animal AnticsChristmas Dash and Fast Friends
### 2025

The 2025 Annual will be published in the UK on 1st August 2024.

#### Description

Let's race into action with the Thomas & Friends Annual 2025! Featuring all your favorite engines including Thomas, Percy, Diesel, Nia, Kana and Bruno, there's loads of fun content to entertain all Thomas fans including exciting stories, a boardgame, odd ones out, memory games, matching pairs, dot-to-dots, a timed challenge, tracing activities, spot the differences, follow the lines, profiles and lots of coloring, counting and early learning concepts fun.

#### Stories

* Christmas Mountain
* Bells are Ringing
* The Great Bubbly Build
* Ashima's Amazing Arrival

#### Trivia

* This annual was originally scheduled to be released in the UK on 4th July 2024, but was pushed back to 1st August for unknown reasons.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-2024/dp/000853716X
2. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008616841/