Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979) · AuthorAuthor
Gertrude Chandler Warner
1890-1979 · American schoolteacher and author of The Boxcar Children series
About Gertrude Chandler Warner
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979) grew up in Putnam, Connecticut, and taught first grade there for many years. She first published The Box-Car Children in 1924 and rewrote it in a shorter, simpler form in 1942 so that beginning readers could manage it on their own. She went on to write the first nineteen books of the Boxcar Children series; later volumes were written by others under her name.
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The Boxcar ChildrenGertrude Chandler Warner
1924; revised 1942 · Early 20th Century · Novel
The Boxcar Children follows four orphaned brothers and sisters: Henry, fourteen; Jessie, twelve; Violet, ten; and Benny, six. After their parents die, the children set out on their own rather than go to their grandfather, whom they have never met and believe to be a hard man who disliked their mother.