Gertrude+Warner

The Boxcar Children Series, consisting of over 100 children's mystery books, is suitable for readers in first to second grade and have an average A.R. book level of 4.0-4.9. The average amount of points these books are worth is 2-3. These books begin with an orphaned Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, who come across an abandoned boxcar that soon becomes their new home. This series follows the children's adventures, and the mysteries they solve.

Gertrude Chandler Warner is the author responsible for these wonderful books. As a child, she spent many hours watching trains opposite their family's home. She always wondered what it would be like to live in one of these boxcars. Gertrude taught school and began writing after she retired. The Boxcar Children began as only one book, but she soon received requests for more of these stories, and it eventually grew to the series of over 100 books that we have today.