James in a Mess and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories (with audio cassette with narration by George Carlin)

James in a Mess and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories (with audio cassette with narration by George Carlin) is a book illustrated using photographs from the television series.

Plot
James gets into a mess with tar wagons.

Stories

 * James in a Mess
 * Bertie's Chase
 * Percy and the Signal
 * Percy Proves a Point

Trivia

 * The stories in this book are based on episodes from the television series.
 * A photograph from Duck Takes Charge is used. In the Thomas' Big Storybook edition, a promo picture of Harold is used.
 * In Bertie's Chase, like in the Shining Time Station episode, Washout, the story omits the first scene, starting with Bertie at the crossing.
 * A photo in Percy and the Signal is used again in Percy Proves a Point.
 * An audio cassette was also included with narration by George Carlin, the narration was later rereleased on CD.

Goofs

 * In the story Bertie's Chase, holes drilled into Bertie's eyes are seen.
 * In the story Percy and the Signal, Gordon's front bogie is derailed.
 * In the original print, the sentence line "It was such an insult to be reminded of the time a bootlace had been used to mend a hole in his coaches" was divided by a page break. This is later corrected in the reprint.
 * In the first picture of James in a Mess, Henrietta is not behind Toby in the original print.
 * In Percy and the Signal, the term "truck" is used once.