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List Of Boxcar Children Books
This is a list of Boxcar Children Novels. 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. Written by Gertrude Chandler Warner Written by other authors Lists of novels Lists of novels { The Boxcar Children Great Adventure {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Number ! Title ! class="unsortable" , Published , - ! 1 , ''Journey on a Runaway Train'' , 2017 , - ! 2 , ''The Clue in the Papyrus Scroll'' , 2017 , - ! 3 , ''The Detour of the Elephants'' , 2017 , - ! 4 , ''The Shackleton Sabotage'' , 2017 , - ! 5 , ''The Khipu and the Final Key'' , 2017 , - The Boxcar Children Interactive Mysteries {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Number ! Title ! class="unsortable" , Published , - ! 1 , ''Midnight at the Haunted Hotel'' , 2018 , - ! 2 , ''The Great Spy Showdown'' , 2019 , - ! 3 , ''Trouble on the Wild West Express' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boxcar Children
The Boxcar Children is a children's book series originally created and written by the American first-grade school teacher Gertrude Chandler Warner. Today, the series includes nearly 160 titles, with more being released every year. The series is aimed at readers in grades 2–6. Originally published in 1924 by Rand McNally (as ''The Box-Car Children'') and reissued in a shorter revised form in 1942 by Albert Whitman & Company, ''The Boxcar Children'' tells the story of four orphaned children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden. They create a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. They eventually meet their grandfather, who is a wealthy and kind man (although the children had believed him to be cruel). The children decide to live with the grandfather, who moves the beloved boxcar to his backyard so the children can use it as a playhouse. The book was adapted as the film ''The Boxcar Children'' in 2014 and the sequel novel ''Surprise Island'' was released as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Gertrude Chandler Warner (April 16, 1890 – August 30, 1979) was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of '' The Boxcar Children'' and for the next eighteen books in the series. Biography Warner was born on April 16, 1890, in Connecticut, to Edgar Morris Warner and Jane Elizabeth Carpenter Warner. Her family included an older sister, Frances, and a younger brother, John. Her middle name of Chandler came from her mother's ancestors, the Chandlers, who had settled in nearby Woodstock, CT in 1686. Her father Edgar Warner had graduated from Harvard Law School in 1872 and practiced law in Putnam, CT. The Warners’ house on Main Street was located across from the railroad station. When she was five, Warner dreamed of being an author. Later she accomplished the dream and started writing ''The Boxcar Children''. Albert Whitman & Company Retrieved and began writing in ten-cent blank books as soon as she was able to hold a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Novels
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Niagara Falls
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Chicago
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