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Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories – HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate 2-Disc DVD Edition
Review by JAM

Celebrating 65 years of fun-filled friendship and learning, Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories hits the shelves in a two-disc special edition DVD. Twenty episodes from throughout the years, including the first ever, are included on the disc along with a number of games, music videos, and more. We get the chance to meet Thomas’ friends for the first time as episodes chosen for this DVD collection include many introductory episodes for James, Percy, and more. Kids will love the fact that they get to learn together with Thomas and his friends, and adults will love hearing the narration of Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and more.

Episodes:

• Thomas Gets Tricked
• Edward Helps Out
• Diesel’s Devious Deed
• Percy’s Ghost Trick
• Thomas, Percy & the Dragon
• Trust Thomas
• Henry & the Elephant
• Cranky Bugs
• Snow Engine
• Thomas Saves the Day
• Edward the Great
• James Gets a New Coat
• Thomas to the Rescue
• Thomas and the Birthday Picnic
• Emily Knows Best
• Percy and the Carnival
• Thomas and the Birthday Mail
• Sir Handel in Charge
• Skarloey Storms Through
• Duncan Does It All

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

“Create Your Own Thomas Story” DVD-Rom: In this game, you can be part of the story! This customizable feature integrates a child’s name and favorite things woven into their very own printable Thomas tale! It also features Thomas coloring pages and wallpaper.

“How Did Thomas Meet His Friends?” Trivia Game: Guess which one of Thomas’ best engine friends are described with several clues.

Storybook Adventure Game: Help Thomas travel over the Island of Sodor by passing five different challenge games:

Broken Tracks Game: Match the number of tracks to fit the space where the track is broken.
Quarry Game: Choose the car with the right shape and color to fill up the freight car with gravel

Brendham Docks Game: Choose the correct word that begins with the letter of the alphabet on the screen to fill cars with presents

Troublesome Trucks Game: Answer the trivia question correctly to make the runaway trucks miss the new station

Station Decoration Game: Decorate the new station for the celebration

Thomas Saves the Day Enhanced Read-Along

Four Sing-Along Karaoke Videos:
o Sir Topham Hatt
o Percy's Seaside Trip
o He is a Really Useful Engine
o Harold the Helicopter

Four Music Videos:
o Thomas Anthem
o It’s Great to Be An Engine
o James the Splendid Engine
o Never, Never Give Up

Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories was released on June 1, 2010 so go trucking down the tracks and grab your copy today. Packed with extras and 20 episodes, your child will love it and you will enjoy the good feelings and life lessons your child will learn.

Remember check out this review and more from JAM at www.hollywoodteenzine.com for teens and tweens, and at http://jammoviereviews.blogspot.com for movies of all genres and ages.