The Boxcar Children is a children's literary franchise originally created and written by American

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 writer and first-grade school teacher, Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for beginning the popular Boxcar Children book series....

. Today, the series includes well over 100 titles. The series is aimed at readers in grades 2-6.
Originally published in 1924 by Rand McNally and reissued in 1942, the novel The Boxcar Children, tells the story of four orphaned children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny.