The Boxcar Children Mysteries #1 The Boxcar Children 棚车少年1:棚车少年 ISBN9780807508527
作者: Gertrude
出版社:Albert Whitman 1989年01月
简介:
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers andsisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who theseyoung wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened tolive with a grandfather they have never met, the children make ahome for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in thewoods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy foodand supplies. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make ahappy life for themselves–until Violet gets too sick for herbrothers and sister to care for her.
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Boxcar Children Redux Two titles mark a landmark anniversaryof a classic series. The first, The Boxcar Children 60thAnniversary Edition by Gertrude Chandler Warner, illus. by L. KateDeal, contains the original text, with an introduction by BarbaraElleman, as well as a brief biography of the author, b&w photosand "An Open Letter to Children Who Ask How I Happened to Write TheBoxcar Children," all contained in a handsomely designedvolume.
-- Publishers Weekly