At a glance The popular children’s author of "The Boxcar Children", Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979), of Putnam, wrote 86 books in the series which has sold 50 million copies since 1979.

The second time that Gertrude Chandler Warner published “The Boxcar Children,” a tale of four orphaned adventurers named Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, the year was 1942, and the book was ...

“I loved that book — the food!” she exclaimed. When I spoke to her later, she elaborated on what she meant, saying she sees food in “The Boxcar Children,” and other children’s books in ...

Director Lori Beland Hilliard negotiates the complications of working with the set and with a large cast of amateurs gracefully. The Boxcar Children, by Barbara Field, based on the books of ...

The book that I’m talking about is called "The Boxcar Children," by Gertrude Chandler Warner. This realistic fiction chapter book is full of adventures that has a lot of happy moments and some ...

"The Boxcar Children" tells the story of four orphans who escape their caretakers and set up house in a boxcar ... I loved the "Boxcar Children" books at your age. Had you read any of the series ...

You can also follow their many adventures in the numerous other Boxcar Children books at the Paris Public Library, both in the Junior Fiction Room and on the shelves labeled Easy Readers in the ...

The first book The Boxcar Children — which followed four orphaned and hungry children Jessie, Benny, Henry and Violet who stay in a boxcar while they find a home — was written by Gertrude ...