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The Boxcar Children is a children's mystery series created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, beginning in 1924 with the publication of the first book titled The Boxcar Children. It follows the adventures of four orphaned siblings—Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny—who live in an abandoned railroad boxcar and solve mysteries during their travels. The series was originally published by Albert, Whitman and Company and later by Random House Children's Books. Gertrude Chandler Warner wrote the first 40 books, published between 1924 and 1994. The books are intended for readers in grades 2 through 6. The series has continued with new titles written by other authors, resulting in over 160 books in total.
Books in this series
Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on Amazon1924 · Gertrude Chandler Warner
Four orphaned siblings, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden, run away rather than be sent to a grandfather they believe is cruel. They make a cozy…
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Now settled with their kind grandfather, the four Alden children spend the summer on an island he owns. While exploring beaches and caves, they…
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The Aldens return to their old boxcar and turn their attention to a long-empty yellow house nearby. A faded note and an unsolved family disappearance…
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The Alden children visit their Aunt Jane, who lives alone on a remote ranch and seems unwelcoming at first. As they settle in, they grow curious…
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Visiting their friend Mike in a small mining town, the Aldens become caught up in trouble when a fire and a theft strike the area. Suspicion falls…
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The Alden family travels to a tropical island in the South Seas for a vacation full of swimming and exploring. Strange footprints and signs that…
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While staying at a relative's old New England home, the Aldens become intrigued by a locked woodshed and tales of long-ago Revolutionary War history.…
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The Alden children spend a seaside vacation near an old lighthouse, where they meet new friends and notice puzzling goings-on along the shore.…
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The Aldens head to the mountains for a vacation, staying in a cabin near a rugged peak. They become curious about a hidden cave and a reclusive…
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The Alden children travel to help out at a small school on a remote island where supplies and money keep going missing. As they pitch in with lessons…
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On a train trip with Grandfather, the Aldens ride in a caboose and befriend the railway crew. Along the journey, valuables begin to vanish from the…
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The Alden family rents a houseboat for a vacation cruising along the water. When they discover clues left behind by a previous traveler and notice…
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A fierce snowstorm strands the Aldens and a few others at a house in the country, cut off from the outside world. As they wait out the blizzard…
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While staying next door to a family with a backyard tree house, the Alden children become intrigued by the neighbors' old home and its secrets.…
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The older Alden children set off on a bicycle trip through the countryside, staying at inns along the way. When they keep crossing paths with a…
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Vacationing at a lakeside resort, the Aldens become curious about an abandoned house and odd happenings around the sandy shore. Strange diggings and…
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The Alden children grow curious about a high stone wall surrounding an old estate near their home. Hints of something hidden behind it and a…
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When bad weather forces the Aldens to wait at a bus station, they notice suspicious strangers and an abandoned bag. What begins as an ordinary delay…
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Benny takes a part-time job at Grandfather's friend's business and quickly senses something is not right there. Missing goods and a suspicious worker…
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The Aldens stay at a cabin rumored to be haunted, where strange noises and eerie events unsettle the other guests. Refusing to believe in ghosts, the…
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The Alden children pitch in to help save an old library that is threatened with closing. As they sort through dusty shelves, they discover clues…
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The Aldens volunteer at a local animal shelter that is struggling and may have to close. When animals and supplies begin to go missing, the children…
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The Alden family stays at an old motel where odd events and unhappy guests suggest someone wants the place to fail. Curious about who would want to…
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Buy on AmazonThe Mystery of the Hidden Painting
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The Aldens become involved with a painting connected to their own family's history. A long-lost artwork and the secrets surrounding it draw the…
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The Alden children spend time at an amusement park where strange accidents and mishaps keep happening. Worried that someone is causing the trouble on…
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Buy on AmazonThe Mystery of the Mixed Up Zoo
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While helping at a zoo, the Aldens discover that animals are mysteriously ending up in the wrong enclosures. Convinced someone is behind the mix-ups,…
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The Alden children go on a camping trip in the woods, eager for hiking and outdoor fun. When supplies vanish and they notice signs that someone is…
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A quiet, secretive girl arrives in the Aldens' town, and no one seems to know much about her. Curious about where she came from and why she keeps to…
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The Alden family sets sail on a cruise ship for a vacation at sea. When valuables go missing aboard and a passenger acts suspiciously, the children…
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A friend of the Aldens begins acting strangely and then seems to disappear, worrying the children. Sensing that something is wrong, they set out to…
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While staying at an old house, the Aldens hear an eerie singing sound that others believe is a ghost. Certain there must be a real explanation, the…
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The Alden children head to a snowy mountain lodge for a winter vacation full of skiing and sledding. When belongings start disappearing and they spot…
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The Aldens help out at a friend's pizza restaurant that is suddenly losing customers and having trouble. Suspecting someone wants the business to…
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The Alden children become involved with a horse and the mystery surrounding its owner or its past. Curious about the animal and the strange events…
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The Aldens attend a dog show where prized dogs and entries begin to mysteriously go missing or face trouble. Suspecting foul play among the…
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The Alden family stays in a real castle that has been brought over and rebuilt, full of history and hidden corners. Strange happenings and rumors of…
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The Mystery of the Lost Village
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The Aldens travel to a village that has been abandoned and become curious about why everyone left. As they explore the empty buildings, they find…
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While staying at a hotel with a swimming pool, the Aldens are puzzled when the pool water mysteriously turns purple. Convinced someone is behind the…
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During a seaside vacation, the Aldens hear local legends about a ghost ship said to appear off the coast. Skeptical of the spooky stories, the…
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The Alden children set off on a canoe trip down a river, paddling through wilderness and camping along the banks. When they notice suspicious…
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On a beach vacation, the Aldens become curious about a hidden cove and odd happenings along the shore. Signs that someone is searching for something…
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When a beloved cat goes missing, the Alden children take on the case of finding it. As they search the neighborhood, they discover that other pets…
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The Aldens get involved with a stage production, helping out behind the scenes of a play. When props go missing and odd accidents threaten the show,…
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The Alden children visit a dig site or museum connected to dinosaurs, fascinated by the fossils and bones. When something valuable goes missing or…
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The Aldens become caught up in a mystery when music or a valuable musical item goes missing. Suspecting a thief among the performers, the children…
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The Alden children spend time at an ice cream shop where strange things keep interfering with business. Suspecting someone wants the shop to fail,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Mystery of the Hot Air Balloon
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The Aldens attend a hot air balloon festival, thrilled by the colorful balloons and races. When sabotage and suspicious accidents threaten the event,…
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The Alden children help out at a bookstore that is struggling to stay open. When books and clues hint at a hidden secret, the siblings become…
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Buy on AmazonThe Mystery of the Stolen Boxcar
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The Aldens' beloved boxcar, kept in Grandfather's backyard, suddenly disappears. Determined to get it back, the children set out to discover who…
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The Alden family travels out west, where they become curious about an old, possibly lost mine. Rumors of hidden treasure and a connection to the past…
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The Aldens become involved with guide dogs in training when one of the valuable dogs goes missing. Worried for the dog and the program, the children…
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The Alden children become fascinated by space and visit a place connected to astronomy or rockets. When strange events and possible sabotage occur,…
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When a movie is filmed in the Aldens' area, the children get a behind-the-scenes look at the production. As props go missing and odd accidents…
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When the Aldens visit friends in Vermont, they attend the annual Bear Jamboree, a celebration of toy bears from around the world. A rare and valuable…
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The owner of the Greenfield Ice Cream Barn has two new partners: her granddaughter Brianna and the horse Butterscotch. Benny frequents the Ice Cream…
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The Aldens visit a farm renowned for its corn maze and annual festival. While there, they discover that the maze is being damaged at night. They work…
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Buy on AmazonThe Game Store Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
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The Aldens are helping one of Grandfather's friends break a world record by building the world's largest yo-yo! As they help with the project,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Creature in Ogopogo Lake (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
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The Aldens are helping out at Cogwheel Stadium during a crucial week when the Clayton Cogs are playing for the pennant. They notice that the opposing…
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This autumn adventure for the Boxcar Children takes the Aldens to a New England farm that has more than its share of strange occurrences. Every year…
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The four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, volunteer at the new recycling center in town, and help uncover who is breaking in and making a mess…
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While touring a zoo over two days to see baby animals, the four Alden children help catch an escaped monkey, take part in a photography contest, and…
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The four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, uncover a mystery while volunteering at a food pantry for the needy. Their investigation leads them to…
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The Aldens visit the upstate New York town associated with the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and become involved in a mystery when a headless horseman…
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The old abandoned school in Silver City is being renovated into an art center, and the Boxcar Children volunteer to assist with the cleanup. Other…
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Cousin Alice is running for mayor, and the Boxcar Children must find out which of her opponents is using sneaky tricks to win the race. The children…
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Buy on AmazonThe Legend of the Howling Werewolf
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The Aldens are helping out at a harvest festival in a town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Something in the hills is scaring people away, and…
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The Aldens are visiting friends for a large Dia de los Muertos celebration. While enjoying the holiday and assisting with preparations, they…
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While exploring the caves around Dragon's Mouth Cavern, a series of unusual and somewhat frightening events convinces the Alden children that someone…
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The Alden children enter their dog, Watch, in a contest that promises fame and fortune, but they soon encounter a series of unexpected problems. The…
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The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen. The mystery centers on the…
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While visiting their cousin's pineapple plantation in Hawaii, the Aldens hear a local legend about a black pearl with a curse on it and investigate…
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Buy on AmazonThe Black Widow Spider Mystery
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Someone is building a large, fancy house down the street from the Aldens, shielded by a tall stone wall and approached only through an iron gate…
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The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe. They become involved in uncovering the truth…
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One day in the park, the Aldens' dog, Watch, discovers a mysterious box containing a note that reads, "Congratulations! You've found it!" The box is…
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Buy on AmazonThe Boxcar Children ghost-hunting special
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The Boxcar Children ghost-hunting special is a 3-in-1 collection featuring three ghostly mysteries. It includes The Mystery of the Midnight Dog, The…
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The Boxcar Children spooktacular special features three mysteries involving supernatural elements: a ghostly presence in the Aldens' boxcar, a…
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When the Aldens have the chance to work at a candy factory, they try to find out who is sabotaging the candy and why.
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The Aldens are excited to meet their favorite celebrity, Walter the Cat, known for his humorous internet videos. After Walter inherits a million…
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When the Alden children set out to solve a jewelry store robbery, they find they must also deal with a mysterious thief who steals their favorite…
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The Alden children search for a rare comic book featuring their favorite superhero, Captain Fantastic, and discover a note inside that appears to be…
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A series of practical jokes at a restored nineteenth-century farmhouse makes the Aldens wonder if the ghost of its builder is at work.
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People line up around the block to buy Mama Tova's cupcakes. The Boxcar Children follow clues to a cupcake contest, where they must use their…
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Buy on AmazonThe Disappearing Staircase Mystery
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When the Alden children join a group of volunteers to fix up an old house for senior citizens, they attempt to understand the puzzling behavior of…
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When the Alden children take their dog, Watch, for obedience training, they discover that some of the dogs in the class have vanished and decide to…
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The Aldens are assisting at a doughnut shop when a rival store opens across town, leading to a series of unusual occurrences. The children become…
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The Alden children use their resourcefulness to prevent the demolition of their neighborhood firehouse, while dealing with a series of mysterious…
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The Alden children help solve a case surrounding missing vegetables and vandalism in the community garden. Their investigation involves uncovering…
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Buy on AmazonThe Ghost at the Drive-In Movie
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The Aldens are visiting a friend who owns a drive-in movie theater, where they enjoy watching films under the stars and eating popcorn in their car.…
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While vacationing at a friend's country home, the four Alden siblings try to find a long-missing, priceless brooch and investigate the existence of a…
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While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and…
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The Aldens participate in a three-day bicycle ride and soon find that someone seems to be intent on keeping others from completing the event.
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The Alden children are on vacation at an aquarium in Florida. They encounter a great white shark that is in danger.
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When the Aldens visit Yellowstone, they discover a map indicating the location of an old cabin believed to contain hidden gold. They face numerous…
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The Aldens assist a visiting Russian gymnast who is entangled in a series of mysterious occurrences and surrounded by enigmatic individuals. The…
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The Aldens accompany their grandfather to his class reunion at Goldwin University, where they become involved in investigating the possibility of a…
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When a professional hockey player arrives in Greenfield to build an ice skating rink, the Alden children suspect local opposition to the project.…
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While visiting a friend of their grandfather's on Sullivan's Island, off the coast of South Carolina near Charleston, the Boxcar Children encounter…
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The Aldens travel to Ireland to explore castles. While visiting Duncarraig Castle, the children discover a cloaked figure roaming around.
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The Boxcar Children arrive at the old Virginia mansion of their distant relative Althea at her request. They investigate the mysterious incidents…
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While Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny help a friend fix up an old mansion filled with skeletons belonging to the doctor who once lived there,…
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While staying at an eighteenth-century inn in Vermont, the Boxcar Children become curious about the mysterious "accidents" that keep plaguing the…
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While sightseeing at the Alamo, the Boxcar Children investigate the disappearance of a priceless ring from the Alamo museum.
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The Alden children uncover a plot to sabotage the Greenfield Bears baseball team. The book includes baseball puzzles and activities.
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The Aldens travel to Calgary for the Calgary Stampede, a celebration of Canada's frontier heritage. When a historically significant piece of jewelry…
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The Boxcar Children—Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny—visit the Crooked House, Mrs. McGregor's childhood home in the snowy countryside, after she…
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While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar Children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage. The siblings investigate suspicious…
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The Aldens, while testing the latest version of their favorite computer game, are surprised to find messages directed specifically at them. The…
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The Alden children assist a storeowner at the Hope Harbor Mall when they notice that merchandise shipments are being tampered with. Their…
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While visiting Michigan's Upper Peninsula to prepare their Great-aunt Sophie's big old house for sale, the Boxcar Children encounter a mystery…
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The Alden children suspect that the other guests are involved when items begin to disappear at the bed and breakfast where they are staying in…
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The Aldens start a business producing birthday parties and find themselves investigating a series of robberies taking place during their parties. The…
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During a trip to Oregon, the Aldens are astonished when Watch discovers a backpack filled with valuables, a finding that compels them to learn what…
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When the Aldens visit a university campus, they must solve a mystery involving an old library whose stone gargoyles seem to move on their own. The…
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The Aldens' boxcar serves as a favorite spot for games, picnics, and sleepovers, but strange occurrences begin to take place there. Benny becomes…
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While visiting Lake Lucille in the Adirondack Mountains, the Aldens hear stories about a monster in the lake and then encounter evidence that it may…
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While visiting a small town in Alabama, the Aldens hear mysterious howls at midnight, leading them to wonder if an old local legend about a ghost dog…
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During auditions for the show 'Pop Star Sensation' at the local mall, one of the judges, a famous pop star, disappears, and the Aldens must find out…
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While the Aldens are visiting a friend of Grandfather's at the beach, Benny finds a long-lost piece of a map to a legendary pirate treasure, a…
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While staying at a London inn, the Aldens are puzzled by the peculiar behavior of two fellow guests, a mysterious stranger who follows them, and a…
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The Aldens visit an old camp in Quebec, Canada, and begin to suspect that someone or something is trying to scare them away from the place.
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While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town…
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A talented young soccer player in Greenfield is honored to serve as a child mascot at an international soccer tournament in Brazil. When an anonymous…
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When an elderly friend is injured, the Alden children offer to help him with his window-washing business in their small town of Greenfield and agree…
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The winter sports season is underway, and the Aldens are eager for snow activities, particularly snowboarding. They become involved in a mystery…
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The Alden children visit a family friend at his apple orchard, which is rumored to be haunted. Instead of encountering a ghost, they discover that…
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The Aldens assist the owner of a local restaurant in cultivating a garden of fruits and vegetables. As they tend to the plants, they observe the…
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While visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Aldens see a mysterious wild horse that may be a ghost.
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The Aldens are at Wildcat Crossing, a recreated frontier town full of cowboy fun. When horses disappear and other pranks threaten to ruin the Wild…
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When the Alden children go camping on Blizzard Mountain, a place said to be inhabited by a ghost looking for buried treasure, they begin to think…
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The Alden children investigate when Mrs. Murray's jewels are stolen during a party for the Starlight Skating Troupe. The mystery unfolds as the…
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While sightseeing in Niagara Falls, the Boxcar Children investigate a series of souvenir store thefts. The book includes related puzzles, games, and…
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When the Alden children and their grandfather visit Everglades National Park in Florida to solve the mystery of a missing ranger, they discover that…
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The Boxcar Children assist at the Pretty Bird Pet Shop, where they are excited to work with animals. However, their efforts are complicated by…
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When the Alden children spend a week visiting at Pilgrim Village, they uncover the mystery behind the unusual happenings at the historic site.
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The Aldens investigate when exotic and endangered animals begin to disappear from the zoo where their new friend Lindsey works. The mystery unfolds…
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Taking a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery, the Aldens encounter a local superstition claiming that visitors must leave gifts or face the…
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The Aldens are excited to be playing in their summer soccer league, until someone begins sabotaging the teams. The mystery unfolds as the children…
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The Boxcar Children attend summer camp and anticipate a week filled with new friends, activities, and the annual camp Olympics. Soon after arriving,…
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The Aldens assist at a medieval fair and work to locate a stolen valuable sword. Their efforts involve investigating clues and helping to restore the…
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The Boxcar Children become involved in a local art contest in Greenfield, where they learn about art and get to know the artists and gallery owner. A…
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When the Aldens agree to watch the house of a local author who has written a book about a vampire, they end up investigating activities that are…
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While visiting Chicago with their grandfather, the Alden children begin receiving mysterious clues to a treasure hunt. The book includes related…
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While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Alden siblings investigate tales of a zombie haunting a lake in the woods.
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the The Boxcar Children books in?
Publication order — Widely recommended by readers and reflected in the publisher's (Albert Whitman & Company) own numbering of the series
How many books are in the The Boxcar Children series?
We list 166 books by Gertrude Chandler Warner , published between 1924–1976.
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