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The original Boxcar Children novel tells a story of four orphaned Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. Not wishing to live with their hard-hearted grandfather, whom they have never met because of his disapproval of their parents' marriage, the children strike out on their own following their parents' death.
The Boxcar Children: 1924 as Box-Car Children; reissued 1943 2 Surprise Island: 1949 3 The Yellow House Mystery: 1953 4 Mystery Ranch: 1958 5 Mike's Mystery: 1960 6 Blue Bay Mystery: 1961 7 The Woodshed Mystery: 1962 8 The Lighthouse Mystery: 1963 9 Mountain Top Mystery: 1964 10 Schoolhouse Mystery: 1965 11 Caboose Mystery: 1966 12 Houseboat ...
Today, Albert Whitman & Company publishes the extremely popular series of Warner's original 19 stories. Other authors have contributed to the series, adding approximately 150 books to The Boxcar Children series. [9] In 2020, Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Box-Car Children, the first book in the series went into the public domain. [10]
Finding an abandoned boxcar, the children start a new life of independence. Henry ends up working various odd jobs in a nearby town Silver City for a doctor, named Dr. Moore, in order to earn money for food and other materials they need. He also does gardening for the doctor's mother. The children also find a Wire Fox Terrier and they name him ...
Series Author Publication range # of books in series The Secrets of Droon: Tony Abbott: 1999–2010 44 Danny Dunn: Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams: 1956–1977 15 Happy Families: Allan Ahlberg: 1980– 21 The Chronicles of Prydain: Lloyd Alexander: 1964–1968 5 Aldo Zelnick: Karla Oceanak 2009–2018 A to Z; up to M so far Animorphs: K. A ...
Candice F. Ransom (born July 10, 1952) [1] is a popular children's and young-adult author. She has written over 150 books as of June 2020, including 18 books for The Boxcar Children series, The Time Spies series and the Sunfire series. She wrote the Dungeons & Dragons novel, Key to the Griffon's Lair (October 2005). Her work includes picture ...
Joey King as Jessie Alden: Jessie is the older sister. She was first shown in The Boxcar Children. She likes to take care of all her family members, including grandfather and Henry (they are older than her). She did all the cooking and housework when the kids were spending their summer in the barn in Surprise Island.
The Vanderbeekers is a series of seven middle-grade children's novels written and illustrated by Asian American author Karina Yan Glaser.Set primarily in Harlem, the books follow the adventures of a large multiracial family and their friends and neighbors.