The Boxcar Children Mysteries: Books One Through Twelve

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Jan 2011 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

The first twelve mysteries in the celebrated series about four orphaned siblings who will do anything to stick together.

The Alden children—Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny—are on their own. Brave and resourceful, they find a rusty, abandoned railroad boxcar in the woods, make it their home, and start a life of adventure.

Since its debut, the Boxcar Children Mysteries has been one of the most beloved and popular children’s collections of all time, and the first of the series was named one of the top 100 children’s novels by School Library Journal. This set includes the first twelve classic stories, following the Alden kids as they get to know their estranged grandfather, face down trouble, solve mysteries, and strengthen an unbreakable bond. The basis for an animated series, these tales are a delight for kids of all ages, and a perfect introduction to a timeless and cherished series.

This enriched ebook box set includes an illustrated biography of author Gertrude Chandler Warner, with photos from the archives at the Warner Museum in Putnam, Connecticut.

Ratings and reviews

The Boxcar Children novels are about four children Jesse,James, Benny and Violet. Who star of living in a boxcar but as time goes on they find out their uncle who they thought was a person who did not like them or their parents. Well they find out their uncle is not so bad and he takes him in as his own. The children start the new lies once again but they start missing the old boxcar they used to they were living in so one day their uncle decided to throw them a little surprise and want to be hold is the boxcar they were living in before they start to live with him so their beloved boxcar is now with them at all times.

I've been trying to locate other books in these series but the book stores no longer sell them, and used book stores have claimed these to be a rare find so I'm so glad to have found all these different books here!

Read these books when I was a kid (I'm 25 now) and couldn't put them down. They might be a little old fashioned for kids nowadays but it's still a great classic series

About the author

Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979) was an American author of children’s books, most notably the nineteen original titles in the Boxcar Children Mysteries series. Warner was raised in Putnam, Connecticut, across the street from a railroad station, which later inspired her to write about children living in a boxcar. In 1918, she began what would become a thirty-two year career teaching first and third grade at the Israel Putnam School. She died in Putnam on August 30, 1979, when she was eighty-nine years old. But the Boxcar Children live on: to this day, talented authors contribute new stories to the series, which now totals over 120 books.