The Boxcar Children

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The Boxcar Children is a children's book series originally created and written by American first-grade school teacher Gertrude Chandler Warner and currently published by Random House Children's Books. It was previously published through Albert, Whitman and Company until 2023. Today, the series includes over 160 titles, with more being released every year. The series is aimed at readers in grades 2–6. Originally published in 1924 by Rand McNally (as The Box-Car Children) and reissued in a shorter revised form in 1942 by Albert Whitman & Company, The Boxcar Children tells the story of four orphaned siblings: Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden. They create a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. Eventually, the Aldens meet their paternal grandfather, who is a wealthy and kind man (although the children had believed him to be cruel since he did not like their mother). The children decide to live with him, who moves the beloved boxcar to his backyard so they can use it...

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