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The Boxcar Children is a children's book series originally created and written by the American first-grade school teacher [1] Gertrude Chandler Warner and currently published by Penguin Random House. It was previously published through Albert, Whitman and Company until 2023.
Written by Gertrude Chandler Warner and L. Kate Deal, The Boxcar Children is a collection of 162 books starting with The Boxcar Children and ending with The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm.
The Boxcar Children novels. The first nineteen books in the series were written by Gertrude Chandler Warner, the series's original author. Subsequent books were written by others after her death in 1979.
When four orphaned children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home—and become the Boxcar Children!
In the beloved Boxcar Children® chapter books, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are four brave siblings who were searching for a home when they discovered a life of mystery and adventure!
Jun 1, 1989 · When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home—and become the Boxcar Children! What started as a single story about the Alden Children has delighted readers for generations and sold more than 80 million books worldwide.
- Gertrude Chandler Warner
Sep 1, 1990 · Introduce a new generation of readers to the Boxcar Children® chapter books with this classic boxed set, featuring the first four books in the series. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are four brave siblings who were searching for a home when they discovered a life of mystery and adventure!
- Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children is a children's book series, written by Gertrude Chandler Warner. A classic tale among a group of four orphaned siblings, taking care of each other, after their father dies. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters.
Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they set out on their own in the first book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They're orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home—and become the Boxcar Children!
