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'The Boxcar Children' entire series

Description: The 4 Alden children are orphaned and on their own. They make their home in an abandoned railroad boxcar -- enjoy their resourcefulness and adventures! For students in grades 3-5. #series #kids


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The Mystery Bookstore

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

The boxcar children go to New Orleans where they help to clean up an old, dusty bookstore. They discover a beautiful set of fairy tale books, and one vanishes!

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery Cruise

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar, but now they live with their grandfather. And he's taking them on a wonderful cruise in the Caribbean! No sooner has the cruise begun, than things start to go wrong. The ship's radio breaks. It appears someone has fallen overboard-but it turns out to be a false alarm. And then there's engine trouble. Is someone deliberately tampering with the ship? It's a mystery-and fortunately the Boxcar Children are on board!

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery Girl

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar, but now they live with their grandfather. And they're working in a general store, to help out a friend of Aunt Jane's. It seems to the children that the young girl who works in the store is behaving very strangely. She seems nervous and won't answer any questions about her past. Then a strange man comes to the store asking about her. What secret is the mystery girl hiding?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery Horse

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're spending their vacation on a farm. The children learn to do everything from milking cows and making homemade jam to raising a barn. Then one day they spot a beautiful horse locked up in the stable. Who is this mysterious horse? And why is it hidden?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery in San Francisco

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

While visiting their aunt and uncle in San Francisco the Alden children visit Fisherman's Wharf. After they ride on their uncle's boat they discover something fishy is going on in the wharf and someone doesn't want Uncle Andy to catch any fish.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


Mystery in the Cave

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny use to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're going on vacation to Dragon's Mouth Cavern. The four Aldens like rock hunting in the area, until Benny finds a sinkhole that leads to the underground caves. While exploring the caves they realize that someone doesn't want them there. But why? Can the Boxcar Children solve this new underground mystery?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery in the Mall

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they are working at a mall owned by his friend. When the Aldens arrive at Hope Harbor, they're excited to see the crowds of shoppers and the endless variety of stores. But as they begin to work at Penny's Emporium, a novelty shop in the mall, everything starts to go wrong. Some of the other mall workers don't seem to want the Aldens' help. Even worse, some of the merchandise bound for Penny's Emporium has disappeared. What's going on at Hope Harbor Mall? It's up to the Boxcar Children to figure out who's behind this mystery.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery in the Snow

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and are spending their winter vacation at Snow Haven Lodge. The lodge is having its annual winter carnival, and the Boxcar Children sign up to compete in events like skiing, skating, sledding, and building snow and ice sculptures. But no sooner has the competition begun, than the children have a mystery to solve!

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery in Washington, D. C.

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Aldens are going on a trip to Washington, D.C. They visit lots of interesting places, like the Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, and the Air and Space Museum. But when things start disappearing from their hotel, they realize they are being followed, the children know there's a mystery in the capital ... and it's up to them to solve it!

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Empty Safe

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they have started a children's birthday party planning business. Cakes! Decorations! Party games and favors! The Alden children are having fun helping out the at neighborhood birthday parties. But then, a house is robbed--its hidden safe emptied--while Jessie, Henry, Benny and Violet are downstairs entertaining the young guests! When a second house safe is robbed during one of their parties, the Boxcar Children decide there's a mystery to be solved. Will they succeed before another safe is emptied--and another birthday ruined?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Hidden Beach

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

The Aldens and their new cousin, Soo Lee, spend a week in Key West, Florida. The Alden children meet suspicious people, face unusual incidents, and get involved in a plot to steal coal.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Hidden Painting

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

The boxcar children find a painting of their grandmother wearing a necklace that their grandfather gave her when they married. It disappeared a year later. Can they find it?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Hot Air Balloon

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar children learn how hot air balloons work and even help launch one, but before they get the chance to ride in one they have to figure out who is trying to ruin the rally.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Lake Monster

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Aldens find evidence that the stories about a monster in Lake Lucille might be real.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Lost Mine

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're going on a trip to the Arizona desert. There the Aldens learn about the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine. Everyone thinks the mine is filled with gold. Can the Aldens find out if the legend is true, and if it is, who will find the gold?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Lost Village

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

When the Aldens try to save a forest from developers in a Navaho Indian reservation by proving there is a lost village there, they're met with sabotage.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Missing Cat

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar, but now they have a home with their grandfather. And now they're looking for a very special cat that has disappeared. When the children hear that Mr. Woods's cat, Spotzie, is missing, they immediately help out by putting up LOST CAT posters and going door-to-door with a photograph of the cat. But along the way they meet some strange characters, receive frightening phone calls, and even find a cat that looks just like Spotzie - but is it? It seems the more they search, the more mysterious the mystery becomes!

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Mixed-Up Zoo

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they live with their grandfather, who takes them to visit his friend, Edward, who owns a zoo. The zoo is wonderful - it has seals and giraffes and elephants and tigers, and Benny's favorite, a little monkey named Amos. It also has a mystery. Someone is mixing up signs, switching off electricity, and endangering the animals' lives. If the Boxcar Children want to save the animals, they'll have to solve the mystery-and fast!

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Pirate's Map

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

While on the beach at a seaside resort, Benny finds a bottle with a tattered piece of paper inside. When the Aldens find out that it's part of a map that leads to a pirate's riches, they prepare to search for the buried gold. But the Aldens aren't the only ones looking for the hidden fortune. Will they be the first to solve the mystery of the pirate's map? Aye, mateys, this might be the Boxcar Children's biggest adventure yet.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Purple Pool

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar children look into various pranks that are pestering the guests and staff of the New York hotel where they are staying.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Secret Message

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

The Aldens discover that someone wants to ruin the Winter Festival when they find a secret message in a set of photos they developed.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Singing Ghost

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar children help restore the house bought by their cousins and find evidence that the ghost stories they heard might be true.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Stolen Boxcar

by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Charles Tang

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're fixing up their boxcar so they can ride it in the big Greenfield Founder's Day parade. There's just one problem. Someone has stolen the boxcar...with their dog, Watch, in it! If they can only find the missing boxcar, it will lead them to Watch. Can the Boxcar Children solve their most important mystery ever?

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Stolen Music

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

When a famous orchestra comes to the Boxcar children's town they are delighted, especially when they find an genuine Mozart score and discover how it originally disappeared.

Date Added: 08/14/2017


The Mystery of the Stolen Sword

by Charles Tang and Gertrude Chandler Warner

Benny is determined to find the ghost that haunts Seymour Curtis' apple orchard, but a more earthly crime becomes important.

Date Added: 08/14/2017



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