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Read and Play was a 2017 game available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play. It also offers In-App purchase for a monthly or yearly subscription. In 2019, the app was discontinued from the Android and the App Store in 2020.

Description[]

Thomas & Friends: Read & Play is a library of interactive read-to-me audio book, videos and many fun activities that are built to provide fun learning experiences for kids and fans of Thomas & Friends.

Kids and Parents can enjoy tons of fun with our educational content in a completely kidsafe and AD-FREE environment together. Download FREE and start to Read & Play with Thomas & Friends today!

Thomas & Friends: Read & Play also provides creative drawing tools and fun Thomas & Friends stickers for children to embrace their creative side whenever/wherever.

Thomas & Friends: Read & Play Features:

  • READ TO ME AUDIO & ANIMATED BOOKS*

- Enjoy classic stories from the island of Sodor, with tales including all of your favorite engines from Thomas & Friends.

- All books are narrated with official Thomas and Friends voice-over in standard native English.

- Colorful story pages with delicate movements and animation.

- Your child can interact with the pages to discover sounds and noises, like Thomas' whistle or Bertie's horn and so much more.

  • THOMAS & FRIENDS VIDEOS:

- A diverse set of content that can be streamed online or downloading to your device for offline viewing whenever/wherever.

- Just-for-Fun videos and educational content available for curious minds.

- A safe video environment with Thomas & Friends content only and completely AD-FREE.

  • CREATIVE DRAWING with THOMAS & FRIENDS STICKERS (Available on tablets only)

- Let your child draw whenever and wherever with multiple pencils, colored pens, paints and chalk to create fun colorful pictures and designs.

- Draw with tons of Thomas & Friends stickers and badges ranging from all of your favorite engines, to trees, plants and animals.

Download now for FREE and start exploring a selected choice of Thomas & Friends books, activities and videos!

Enjoy WEEKLY updates of new content with SUBSCRIPTION. Books and activities will be added at no extra cost every week. There is always going to be something new for your child to experience and enjoy, alongside your favorite Thomas & Friends.

SUBSCRIPTION PLAN DETAILS

Subscribe for unlimited FULL access to all content and all content updates.

Thomas & Friends Read & Play offers two subscription options:

  • Monthly $4.99
  • Yearly $49.99

These prices are for United States customers. Prices in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country. WiFi is recommended.

Note: This is a beta version of the application. It is not representative of what the final, full released product will look like.

During this period, we welcome and appreciate both your feedback and support archive and we work to bring Thomas & Friends: Read & Play to all.

Books[]

Trivia[]

  • The books are narrated by Mark Moraghan.
  • Stafford Gets Stuck is the only read-along with no narration.
  • Despite only appearing in the Gullane Entertainment and HiT Entertainment model eras, this app is the only time Molly, Mighty Mac, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobella, Jeremy, Mrs. Kyndley and Dilly are mentioned by Mark Moraghan.
  • Despite only appearing in the Nitrogen era, this app is also the only time Bash, Dash, Ol' Wheezy and Hee-Haw are mentioned by Mark Moraghan.
  • This is the only time Ferdinand is mentioned by Mark Moraghan.
  • Douglas shares Duck's whistle sound, although he uses his original whistle sound in the third page on Donald and Douglas.
  • This is the last app to feature Donald and Douglas.
  • Toby has his original bell sound.
  • Toby the Tram Engine was first release in 2017, but was later removed due a narration error, with another narrator in the background on the ninth page of Toby the Tram Engine, .
  • Emily shares Henry's whistle sound.
  • Some books from My Thomas Story Library have custom cover and title.
  • In ''On Misty Island'' book, soundbytes from Misty Island Rescue is used when tapping on Hee-Haw in the seventh page.
  • In Number Fun: Ordering Numbers after the start of the page and every storybook, the intro from Season 1-7 theme is heard.
  • Skarloey has his whistle sound used in the fourth to twelfth series, one or two Railway Stories CDs and some games.
  • Rheneas has his whistle sound used in the beginning of A Bad Day for Sir Handel, the sixth to twelfth series and some games.
  • Peter Sam has his ninth series whistle sound.
  • Mighty Mac have their eleventh series whistle sounds at some steps lower in some of the pages on Mighty Mac and Tiny Engines Easy Reading: Mighty Mac and Mac shares Mighty's eleventh series whistle sound.
  • The"sad" whistle is an alteration of a stock train whistle. A very similar variant of the same whistle can be heard on Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios, it is used for Goofy's Runamuck Railroad train.

Goofs[]

  • Many incorrect whistle, bell and horn are heard:
    • Mavis has a whistle sound, despite her being a diesel.
    • In Tiny Engines Easy Reading: Gordon the Big Engine and the last page of Thomas the Tank Engine, Gordon has Edward's whistle sound.
    • In The Lost Puff: Listen and Learn, Toby the Tram Engine: Little Engines Missing Words, when you select crossing in Bertie the Bus: Little Engines Easy Reading and Terence the Tractor: Little Engines Missing Words, Thomas has Gordon's whistle sound.
    • Harvey's current whistle sound is at different pitches and he has Mighty's eleventh series whistle sound in some pages as well at different pitches on some pages.
    • In the last page of Gordon the Big Engine and the eighth page of Sir Topham Hatt, Henry has Edward's whistle sound.
    • In Little Engines Missing Words: Belle's New Friend, Belle has Thomas and Gordon's whistle sounds.
    • Bertie has a different horn sound.
    • Hiro has a different whistle sound and shares it with Stafford, despite Stafford having a horn and being an electric shunting engine. Donald incorrectly used it in the eighth page on Donald and Douglas.
    • Stephen has Stepney's twelfth series whistle sound.
    • Scruff has Rosie's whistle sound.
    • Philip has Duck's whistle sound, despite him being a diesel.
    • Diesel has Thomas' whistle sound when selecting trouble on Little Engines Easy Reading: Diesel the Naughty Engine, despite him being a diesel engine.
    • Gordon has Thomas' whistle sound in Listen and Learn: Gordon the Big Engine and Listen and Learn: Gordon Runs Dry.
    • Flynn has Thomas' whistle sound in Listen and Learn: Flynn the Fire Engine, despite him being a fire engine.
    • Percy has Edward's whistle sound on the tenth page of Sir Topham Hatt.
    • Salty has Thomas' whistle sound and Molly's original whistle sound combined, despite having a horn and being a diesel.
    • Paxton has Emily's seventh series/Peter Sam's ninth series/Freddie's whistle sound at a different pitch with another note added, despite him being a diesel and having a horn.
    • Charlie has the same whistle sound as Salty, despite Salty having a horn and being a diesel.
    • Sir Topham Hatt's car and some other cars have Alfie's horn sound.
    • Flynn has a different horn sound and a siren similar to an American police siren.
    • Belle has a different bell sound in the eighth page of the Tiny and Little Engines Easy Reading: Belle's New Friend.
    • Diesel 10 has Diesel's horn sound.
    • Donald has Douglas' fourth series whistle sound.
    • Bill/Ben has Thomas' whistle sound in Little Engines Missing Words: Salty the Dockyard Diesel.
    • Henry has Thomas' whistle sound on the seventh page of Little Engines Missing Words: Henry the Green Engine and Listen and Learn: Henry the Green Engine.
    • In The Return of Diesel and the last page of Sir Topham Hatt, Henry has Percy's whistle sound.
    • In Axel Takes a Tumble, Listen and Learn: On Misty Island and Little Engines Easy Reading: Edward the Blue Engine, Edward has Thomas' whistle sound.
    • In the second page of Kevin Meets Cranky, Victor has James' whistle sound.
    • James has Thomas' whistle sound in Listen and Learn: James the Red Engine and when selecting shed on Little Engines Easy Reading: James the Red Engine and funnel on Little Engines Easy Reading: Victor the Shiny Red Engine.
    • Mavis has Thomas' whistle sound in Listen and Learn: Mavis the Diesel Engine, despite her being a diesel.
    • In the Read Along book of Don't Bother Victor:
      • Rheneas has Douglas' fourth series whistle sound.
      • Peter Sam has his current whistle sound on the title page of the later release, but in the pages, Peter Sam has Duck's whistle sound in some pages and Donald's original whistle sound in one page.
      • Victor has his current whistle sound on the title page of the later release, but in the pages, Victor has Gordon's whistle sound while he has Duck's whistle sound in Little Engines Easy Reading.
    • In the Read Along book of Blue Mountain Mystery:
      • Rheneas has James' whistle sound.
      • Luke has Percy's whistle sound.
      • Victor has Edward's whistle sound, while he has Douglas' original whistle sound in Little Engines Easy Reading.
    • In The Great Race: Meet the Engines videos, most engines have Thomas' whistle sound, despite Ivan being a diesel engine and Etienne having an electric engine.
    • In Spot the Difference:
      • Cranky the Crane, Percy has a bell, despite him having a whistle.
      • Duck the Great Western Engine, Percy has a different whistle sound.
      • Molly the Bright Yellow Engine, Molly has Thomas' whistle sound.
      • Toby the Tram Engine, Toby has Stanley's whistle sound at low pitch, despite him being a tram engine.
      • Donald and Douglas, Donald has Thomas' whistle sound and Douglas has a different whistle sound.
    • In Number Fun:
      • What Comes Next?, Belle has Thomas' whistle sound.
      • What Comes Before?, Gordon has Thomas' whistle sound.
      • Odd and Even, Hiro has Thomas' whistle sound.
      • Missing Odd Numbers, Mighty has Thomas' whistle sound.
      • Odd and Even, Hiro has Thomas' whistle sound.
      • Subtraction, Toby has Thomas' whistle sound, despite him being a tram engine.
      • Doubling, Skarloey has a bell sound, despite him having a whistle.
  • Some whistle sounds are heard even though they are nowhere to be seen such as:
    • Whiff's whistle sound in Spot the Difference: Bertie the Bus.
    • Thomas' whistle sound at the fourth and seventh page and Gordon's whistle sound at the last page of Little Engines Missing Words: Mavis the Diesel Engine.
    • Thomas' whistle sound on the fourth and tenth page of Little Engines Missing Words: Jack the Front Loader, the sixth page of Little Engines Missing Words: The Tall Friend, when selecting fireworks on Little Engines Easy Reading: The Big Surprise, crumble on Little Engines Easy Reading: Jack the Front Loader, letter on Little Engines Easy Reading: Toby the Tram Engine, the eleventh page of Salty the Dockyard Diesel, the Duke and Duchess on Little Engines Easy Reading: Spencer the Express Engine and bridge in Little Engines Easy Reading: On Misty Island.
  • There are several errors in Little Engines Easy Reading and Little Engines Missing Words:
    • Edward is mistaken as Gordon in The Tall Friend.
    • Edward is mistaken as Henry in James the Red Engine.
    • Annie and Clarabel are mistaken as Henrietta in Toby the Tram Engine.
    • Farmer Trotter is just named "Farmer" in Thomas and the Piglets.
    • In Kevin Meets Cranky:
      • A snapshot of Victor is named Salty.
      • Barrel is mistaken as box.
  • Some books does not contain any narration:
    • In the sixth page on The Fat Controller read-along.
    • All the pages of Stafford Gets Stuck.
    • At the start of Snowy Tracks, Gordon the Big Engine, Don't Bother Victor (2018 rerelease), Annie and Clarabel and Jack the Front Loader.
  • Mark Moraghan narrates on the front cover Spencer the Express Train instead of Spencer the Express Engine.
  • On the ninth page of Toby the Tram Engine, there is a narration error, as a another narrator can be heard in the background. This would have been reason why it was removed.
  • Some lines of some books are not being narrated.
  • Pictures in several video are mirrored.
  • In Color Fun: Percy the Small Engine, a coloring sheet is used from Cranky the Crane.
  • When the Read Along book of Don't Bother Victor first released, a title page of Busy Engines is used instead of that title page that is based on, which was later correct in the later release.
  • In Number Fun: Missing Odd Numbers, the logo and the circle of Thomas appears next to the Missing Odd Numbers logo.

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My Thomas Story Library[]

Other Stories[]

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