That cozy home & life they made in the boxcar was so intriguing. One of my first (if not my very first) chapter books. 3-5 O. Genre. The Power Down Mystery Book # 153. TM ® & © 2016 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. Questions are a mix of multiple choice and short answer, and touch on important events in the story. I still remember the day I walked into my 5th grade classroom in 2008, and there was a little bookshelf in the corner with a green beanbag. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. The picture books were all a blur of toddling first steps, a means to get to the main event…chapter books.

I know it made me want to and my mother just laughed at me when I told her so... Read for the third time and this time with the audiobook (Read for the third time and this time with the audiobook (I haven’t read this series in a long time. Read-alikes Lewis, C. S. (1950). Fiction. That cozy home & life they made in the boxcar was so intriguing. I'm so glad I took the time finally to enjoy this sweet story! 4.6 out of 5 stars 48. Aimed at younger children as a read on your own style book ,we found it did lack substance because of it's simplicity of language. I don't think that's a compliment to my grandparents. One warm afternoon while wandering around around on their property, I found a box of old books in a barn of sorts. Now beloved by this adult! Four resourceful, independent orphans find inventive ways to stick together through all kinds of exciting mysteries and adventures, including living in a boxcar! Boxcar Children book.

I felt as if I was a part of their adventures and the boxcar.When I was young, around the age of 7 I think, my mother was hospitalized for several months. I read all of these books as a child and I loved them. January 1st 1989

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Grades. No one knew them. Originally copyrighted in 1924, The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner went through several changes before being republished as the version most of us are familiar with. It was the first series I ever collected and I loved these books. As our story opens, four hungry children stand outside a bakery eyeing the cakes. I read this book to my children, I have even shared it with my grandchildren.

#2: Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #2) (CD-Audio): #3: Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #3) (CD-Audio): #4: El rancho del misterio (Spanish Edition) (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #4) (CD-Audio): $9.99 I picked up The Boxcar Children and begain to read. We enjoyed this story of siblings surviving without grownups. 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. I don't think that's a compliment to my grandparents. The Boxcar Children Mysteries #1 The Boxcar Children.

I have an original copy and I will pass it down to one of my children when I pass.I never came across this book as a child - presumably it did not cross the Atlantic to the UK where I grew up on a diet of the Secret Seven and the Famous Five. Only 5 left in stock - order soon. Make Offer - The Boxcar Children Mysteries Series Books 1-4 Sealed New Set.

She said she identified with the children who had to take care of themselves. Paperback The Cereal Box Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries) Book … I mean who wouldn't want to set up a little house in an old boxcar in the woods and eat delicious food and play in the creek.Re-read! You should let Gertrude know that you want more details about Boxcar Children! I often fantasized about running away from home, and how I would make it on my own -- how I would find shelter, find food, stoke a fire. This book brings me back to my childhood since the Boxcar Children series was one of the first chapter books I read. I know many people don't have any way of knowing this, so I'm so grateful that I know. Seeing this on a list of the Top 100 Children's Books, I simply had to add it to my Goodreads shelves.

My homeroom teacher told us that if we read anything there, she'd give us a sticker! One warm afternoon while wandering around around on their property, I found a box of old books in a barn of sorts.

I loved everything about it. Read Chapters 1-3 of The Boxcar Children and answer the comprehension questions provided. THE BOXCAR CHILDREN is one of my top five favorite books from childhood. Baby Children Book with Interactive Learning Games and Animal Sounds. I remember REALLY liking these books when I was a kid. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Boxcar Children's wide appeal would make it a great pick for elementary school book club. Though to my (more or less) adult eyes, the story is quite dated, the world the Alden children live in is absolutely magical, and I'm so happy to have revisited it.This is the book that made me a reader. It was a little different than I remember but just as charming. !Picked this one up on the serial app mostly for the nostalgia factor but also hit a PopSugar Challenge prompt of reading a book in a series with over 20 books.

Over a decade since I last read it, I still remember the milk kept cool by the waterfall, or the kids carrying the cherries back to the boxcar between them. When I finished the novel and was tempted to read on in the series, I suddenly remembered how little use I'd had for the rest of the books... the mysteries were charming enough, but nothing could top the great adventure of four children surviving so brilliantly on their own wits and skills.

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