Boxcar children

If you have a young reader who reads faster than you can keep up with, check out this list of books for young readers.

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner L. Kate Deal, Illustrator, Albert Whitman & Company, 1942 This is the story of Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned children who make their home in an abandoned railway car after their parents death. They fear their grandfather for some reason and though they try to make a go of it on their own their success is short lived. In the golden days they dig a swimming hole, scavenge the dump for useful items, Henry gets a job which provides…

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Boxcar Children Books: Volume 1 - 12 ( 12 Book Set ) : Gertrude Chandler Warner: Amazon.co.uk: Books

This novel unit will provide you with optional activities, crafts, and library topics to enrich the novel topics and themes.

Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm. Although times are hard, they're happy—"the best family of all," Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a car is stranded on the road near their farm.

Jordan officially started junior high! We’re excited to begin our first FIAR chapter book study with The Boxcar Children. I read this book to the kids when Jordan was in preschool. We continue to r…

Jia Tolentino on the 1924 and 1942 versions of the children’s book “The Boxcar Children,” and how the story line embraces the Protestant work ethic.

Try these free Boxcar Children activities for a unit study, homeschool or classroom lessons, or just for fun story extension ideas.