The Railway Series

series of children's books by Wilbert Vere Awdry
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The Railway Series

Summary

The Railway Series is a children's book series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of children_s_book_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (981 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Railway Series authored Wilbert Awdry[3].
  • The Railway Series authored Christopher Awdry[4].
  • The Railway Series is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • The Railway Series's image is recorded as Maps-sodor-railways-amoswolfe.svg[6].
  • The Railway Series's instance of is recorded as children's book series[7].
  • The Railway Series's illustrator is recorded as Clarence Reginald Dalby[8].
  • The Railway Series's publisher is recorded as Heinemann[9].
  • The Railway Series's publisher is recorded as Kaye & Ward[10].
  • The Railway Series's publisher is recorded as Egmont International Holding[11].
  • The Railway Series's genre is recorded as children's literature[12].
  • The Railway Series's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Railway Series's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • The Railway Series's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ht3k[15].
  • The Railway Series's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Railway Series[16].
  • The Railway Series's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+42'}[17].
  • The Railway Series's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Railway Series'}[18].
  • The Railway Series's derivative work is recorded as Thomas and the Magic Railroad[19].
  • The Railway Series's Goodreads series ID is recorded as 42094[20].

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Geography

The Railway Series is in the country of United Kingdom[5].

Designation and Status

The Railway Series's instance of is recorded as children's book series[7].

Why It Matters

The Railway Series ranks in the top 9% of children_s_book_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (981 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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