The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

This year (2012) is the 70th anniversary of the Boxcar Children series.  Gertrude Chandler Warner published the first Boxcar book in 1942.  It would be fun to visit the Gertrude Chandler Museum in Putnam, Connecticut, wouldn't it? 

Did you read about the Alden children--Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny--when you were young?  How about your children or grandchildren?  Do they read this series?  What about your students?  Do the Boxcar Children books circulate in your library?  

To celebrate this series, Newbery author, Patricia MacLachlan, has written a prequel to the series called the Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fairmeadow Farm.   It will be available on August 15, 2012.  Will you be purchasing it for your library?