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20 maj 2021 · They have no parents, no other family—except for a grandfather they don’t care to see—and no home . . . until the night they find the boxcar. Old, rusty, lonely, and abandoned in the woods, it’s the perfect home for four brave children on their own. A sweet, short story perfect for read aloud.
24 maj 2013 · "The Box-Car Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on four siblings—Henry, Jess, Violet, and Benny—who decide to run away after their father’s death and the fear of being sent to live with an unkind grandfather.
Synopsis. 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.
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.
1,007 ratings31 reviews. Revisit the original Gertrude Chandler Warner story that has grown to include more than 150 series titles—Now in easy to read, dyslexia-friendly font! Four young orphans discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work -- but they also enter a world of freedom and adventure.
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.
Michelle Ann Abate1. Published online: 9 March 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016. Abstract. This essay provides much-needed critical attention and historical con-text to the long-neglected 1924 edition of Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Box-Car Children.
