The Box-Car Children : The Original 1924 Edition - Gertrude Warner

The Box-Car Children

The Original 1924 Edition

By: Gertrude Warner

Hardcover | 15 January 2020

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Four young orphans discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work - but also freedom and adventure. This new hardcover volume reprints the original 1924 edition, which launched the million-copy series. Ranked among the all-time "Top 100 Chapter Books," or children's novels, in a School Library Journal survey, the book is also among the National Education Association's "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."

About the Author

American author Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979) wrote several stories for children, and her 1924 book, The Box-Car Children, was so successful that she published 18 sequels. The series' popularity has continued to grow: there are currently 150 other books, written by many authors, as well as two animated films. Warner was also a school teacher who read the original story to her classes and rewrote it many times to make sure that it would be both engaging and easy to read. She noted that the book "raised a storm of protest from librarians who thought the children were having too good a time without any parental control! That is exactly why children like it!"

Other Editions and Formats

Paperback

Published: 12th November 2019

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