I happened to stumble across this and I was addicted to these when I was younger so I thought a re-read was in order. It was a little different than I remember but just as charming. I can see why I wanted to live in a boxcar when I was little. However, there is some weird gender things and other stuff that I never would have noticed as a child but seems glaringly obvious and weird as an adult. Overall reading it again was a heck of a lot of fun.
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
By Gertrude Chandler Warner
Book 1 of 134 in the
The Boxcar Children Mysteries Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 2 - 5 | Grades 1 - 4 | O | 3.9 | 17087 |
Orphaned and alone but determined to stay together, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden set off on their own and turned an abandoned boxcar into their home. The Boxcar Children, published over sixty-five years ago in 1942, has captured the imaginations of generations of readers. This Collector's Edition features the original artwork plus additional information about Gertrude Chandler Warner's life and work as it appeared in the 60th Anniversary Edition.
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN-13: 9780807508527
ISBN-10: 0807508527
Published on 6/1/1989
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 154
Book Reviews (155)
While many children have childhoods built upon the foundation of their favorite movies and cartoons, favorite games and amusement parks, etc, mine was built on books. Picture books, pop-up books, chapter books. Books, in general, were my obsession, and more specifically, the Boxcar Children. Genuinely, this was one of my favorites as a child. The idea that these brave orphans had just each other to guide themselves through life was an entirely captivating and revolutionary idea from my seven-year-old perspective. Living in an abandoned boxcar was a very creative and interesting idea that I find incredibly different even at my age looking back. The orphans were all beautifully created and their personalities define each of them as great people with their unique flaws and beauties. As the Boxcar Children was a series, there was a different plot in each book, but each was just as good as the previous with brilliant plotlines that had younger me entertained for the entire book and even hours after, still processing the information. A highly recommended series from current me recalling all the past memories and from younger me still fangirling internally.
The Boxcar Children is such a good series for children I read some of this series a few years ago and they are just fun. now for me the vocabulary and writing is a little young, but this book is great for a little younger if a reader!
The Boxcar Children is about four orphans, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny. They have nowhere to live, so they live in an old, abandoned boxcar. It is all about how they survive in the woods. This book is good for you if you enjoy camping, and/or figuring things out.
I really liked this! Follow Benny, Violet, Jessie, and Henry on their adventures as they run away from their grandfather and start living in a boxcar. They get a dog, and the adventure starts! I won't ruin it, but it really is a nice book and I liked it a lot.
The Boxcar children is a wonderful book about 4 orphaned kids, Jessie, Henry, Violet, and Benny. It is about there adventures while they journeyed to find a home. Soon they end up finding an old Boxcar and calling it there home. The 4 children have ran away because they do not want to live with grandfather because they think he is mean and will not like them. Soon the come to a surprising truth about there grandfather. I really enjoyed reading this book because you can't let go until you finish the book.
I enjoyed this book very much and this is awesome. This is a great adventurer in a book. The four kids wonder into a forest and find a rusty old boxcar near Silver City.
This is a great book! Violet, Henry, Jessie, and Benny are orphans, and they run away from their grandfather. The story follows them as they make their home in a box car, find their dog, and more. But, if I were to tell you what 'more' was, then I'd ruin the whole book for you!
The main characters Violet, Henry, Jessie, and Benny are orphans and they are being forced to live with a grandfather that they don't even know, but they don't think positively about him. So, they decide to run away. Dr. Moore helps the children meet up with the grandfather, who they end up liking.
This book was pretty good. It revolves around 4 children. Henry and Bennie, the two boys Henry being the oldest and Benny being the youngest, and Jessie and Violet, Jessie being the 2nd oldest and Violet being the 3rd oldest. The book was good, but there were some parts in it I didn't like like them finding the mother hen's 5 eggs and cooking them for a meal, but it was still satisfactory.