The Boxcar Children

It’s More Than Just a Mystery.

The Boxcar Children® Series is now 79 years old, delighting a third generation of readers. What started as a single story about four orphaned siblings making a home for themselves has grown into nearly 200 books and 2 films, with more on the way. The Boxcar Children® brand continues to evolve, helping children learn, question, imagine, and grow.

About the Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. Encouraged by its success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden Children.

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