Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Four orphans take shelter in an old boxcar during a storm, and, determined to make it their own, they turn it into a safe, cozy home.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
People say nothing interesting happens in the village of Port Elizabeth but, on a visit there, the Boxcar Children find a big mystery at the schoolhouse. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 11
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
The Alden children have an adventure as they journey along with the Little North Railroad in two cabooses rented for the summer by their grandfather.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 13
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
The Alden children discover a secret recipe for sweet buns while they are snowbound in an old hunter's cabin.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 16
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 17
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.
12) Mystery Ranch
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Alden siblings are spending the summer on a ranch out West—and learning some mysterious secrets about their own family. After they were orphaned, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny lived together in a railroad boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather. He always helps them with their problems, but this time he has one of his own: his sister, Jane. She lives out West on a ranch all alone and needs someone to stay with her. Too bad...
13) Surprise Island
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of Surprise Island in the second book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers. The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home, they realize there...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of the yellow house in the third book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers. A mystery surrounds the old yellow house on Surprise Island! Years ago, a man vanished from the house, and no one knows how or why. Now a long-lost clue leads the Aldens to investigate the mystery—and...
15) Mike's Mystery
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of a suspicious house fire in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers. The Aldens head back to Mystery Ranch for another summer! They are thrilled to learn their friend Mike has moved to Yellow Sands—a new town nearby. But when a house fire breaks out and Mike is blamed for starting...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 18
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 20
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 25
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 30
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for a new hospital wing are being sabotaged by nasty tricks, they find their attempts to befriend the new girl Beth frustrated by her strange behavior.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request