The box-car children / by Gertrude Chandler Warner, author of "Star stories for Little Folks" and, with Frances Warner, of "Life's Minor Collisions" ; with pictures by Dorothy Lake Gregory.

Author
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Chicago ; New York : Rand McNally & Company, [1924]
  • ©1924
Description
1 online resource (146 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color).

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Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood. [More in this series]
Summary note
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden are brothers and sisters - and they're orphans. The only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe. They decide to make it their home.
Notes
  • Title page engraved.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
OCLC
905332467
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