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Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life for themselves - until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her.
This unabridged recording will delight any child who has fantasized about being on his or her own and overcoming every obstacle.
Gertrude Chandler Warner grew up in Putnam, Connecticut. She wrote The Boxcar Children because she had always dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or a freight car--just as the Aldens do. When readers asked for more adventures, Warner wrote more books--a total of nineteen in all. After her death, other authors have continued to write stories about Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden, and today The Boxcar Children(R) series has more than one hundred books.
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Flashback to childhood! Gertrude Chandler Warner knew how to capture a reader’s interest in three simple sentences. Did you used to pretend you were one of The Boxcar Children? I did! I read the whole series! #BoxcarChildren #BookaDay #Memories https://t.co/WL5WRKA9l9
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The Boxcar Children is a children's book series originally created in 1924 and written by teacher Gertrude Chandler Warner. Today, the series includes nearly 160 titles. The original novel tells the story of four orphaned Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. https://t.co/n5mussy8ic