"This comical companion to Ross Burach's "The very impatient caterpillar" pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again."--Back cover.

Every season on the island of Sodor brings new opportunities for adventure and discovery. Will Emily get the timber to Farmer McColl in time to save the baby calves? Will Toby muster enough confidence to push Gordon up a hill? Maybe with a little encouragement from his friends. And will James learn that its better to be useful than important. Find out in the magical world of Thomas and his friends.

Through rhyming verses, parents offer words of encouragement to their children to look inside themselves to find what they need to succeed and to let them know they always have someone cheering for them.