| The Box-Car Children Contributor(s): Warner, Gertrude Chandler (Author), Gregory, Dorothy Lake (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0486843386 ISBN-13: 9780486843384 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation - Railroads & Trains - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019023978 |
| Lexile Measure: 580 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Four orphans -- Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny -- discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work. They also enter a world of freedom and adventure. When Violet falls ill, they're forced to take her to a doctor, even though they'll risk losing their independence by getting a grown-up involved. Gertrude Chandler Warner read this story to her students and rewrote it many times to make sure that it would be both engaging and easy to read. The Box-Car Children was so successful that she published 18 sequels. Warner 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 " Ranked among the all-time "Top 100 Chapter Books" in a School Library Journal survey, The Box-Car Children is also among the National Education Association's "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." |