The Boxcar Children

One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from.

How they love the old boxcar!

But when tomorrow came, the children had more than bread and milk, as you will soon see.

While the mystery element is central to each of Miss Warner’s books, she never thought of them as strictly juvenile mysteries. She liked to stress the Aldens’ independence and resourcefulness and their solid New England devotion to using up and making do. The Aldens go about most of their adventures with as little adult supervision as possible—something else that delights young readers.

Watch. He is her dog. She took the thorn out of his foot.

Moore’s and stay, until the surprise comes.

of the boxcar and was just right for a step.

rolled the door shut, and then it really began to rain.

top of those. Violet filled her arms with brush