Four plucky orphans take on the world

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	• The Boxcar Children Books 1-4 Gertrude Chandler Warner Albert Whitman & Company, 1990 average customer review:based on 78 reviews view larger image
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The Four Good Little Children

I have always loved books about orphans. Brothers and Sisters on the run, fending for themselves with no adults telling them what to do...this is what I wanted to read about!
This book delivers all that, but with that nice 1940's politeness that you fall in love with.

Four siblings just ran away. Their parents have died and they have taken the notion that their grandfather (their only living relative and guardian) will not like them. This turns out to be just the opposite, because Grandfather loves them and is looking for them the whole time. He has a bit of a hard time of it at first, because his grandchildren have taken up residence in an abandoned boxcar in the woods.

Benny is the youngest of the four. He is very lively, and doesn't really understand what is happening around him. He just knows he is on an adventure with his Brother and Sisters, and they make it a game for him.
Violet comes next, and she is the sweetheart. Very good and dear and pretty, she just wants her family to be safe.
Henry and Jessie are the oldest siblings, and they are incredibly resourceful. Henry takes a job as a handyman for a mysterious young doctor in town so he can buy food, and Jessie is an excellent outdoor cook. For a while, things seem to be ok. When one of the kids get sick and the doctor has to make a boxcar call, things turn out for the absolute best!
A fairy tale happy ending that will keep you smiling and launch a whole Boxcar mystery series reading frenzy!

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I remember.......

I am a 57 year old grandmother to twin girls. As I was exploring books to get for them, I remembered the whole series of Boxcar Children books when I was in elementary school. In fact, I was so young, the teacher read them aloud in the room! I remember that sweet teacher reading a few chapters everyday....and the class begging for more!! What great books and memories!!!

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Refreshing!

My kids love these books!

Are the characters kind, polite, and "good"? Yes! Is the setting unfamiliar to today's kids? Yes! Isn't this what we should be wanting to introduce to our children? Please, yes! I am disappointed that the publishers have tried to "update" the books by modernizing the pictures on the covers (1980's--talk about outdated!) instead of staying true to the time period. Let our kids see how people dressed and the kinds of things they had. Let them experience healthy, kind relationships. Fill them with good examples, rather than expecting them to only care for the familiar reality of their own lives that is so often lacking moral good.

One other note--only the first 19 books are the original stories written by Mrs. Warner. The publisher decided to continue the series due to popularity, but I wouldn't count on the same quality.

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This is a great series!

My 11 year old son has a reading deficit, and hates to read! We ordered the first 2 boxed sets in this series for him to read and number 9 as well...we got them two days ago and he has read almost the entire first book already and can't wait to finish it tomorrow *and* start on a new one! I am so impressed with the enthusiasm he has! This is the first time I have seen him read for enjoyment! I say buy as many as you can if you want to encourage your kid to read!

Four plucky orphans take on the world

This pleasant story opens as four tired and hungry siblings, aged 5 to 15, press their noses against a bakery window, eyeing the lovely goodies inside. They have recently lost their parents and are on the run from their mean grandfather, whom they have never met. They find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, set up housekeeping, and live quite happily on berries, bread, and a little meat bought with the oldest boy's gardening pay. Life is very good until one of the girls becomes sick and they must tell an adult about where they live.

The book was written in the 1942 by a teacher who cleverly used only the 500 most common words in the English language to create a very easy to read, yet exciting, beginning chapter book for 7 and 8 year olds. Most of the story concerns the children's sense of fun and boundless resourcefulness, as they take care of themselves, all the while being cheerful and thankful for what they have. Children who are ready for a chapter book will be delighted to find this one is very easy to read. They will enjoy the children's adventure of living in the woods without adults, and, of course, it has a very happy ending. This book is the first (and I think the best) of a very long series of adventures for the Boxcar Children.

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