"Oh, my goodness!" Mrs. Little said, looking around the room. "I just don't know where we're going to put all these people!" Grandpa Little did a quick count. "Seventeen! That's a lot of folks." "And don't forget," Tom added, "Cousin Dinky, Della, and Aunt Lily are coming, too!" The...  more

"Oh, my goodness!" Mrs. Little said, looking around the room. "I just don't know where we're going to put all these people!" Grandpa Little did a quick count. "Seventeen! That's a lot of folks." "And don't forget," Tom added, "Cousin Dinky, Della, and Aunt Lily are coming, too!" The Little family has planned a very special Thanksgiving. But now they have a very big problem -- mice are about to spoil the fun. Can the Littles stop the mice before it's too late?

Introduce Gertrude Chandler Warners Boxcar Children Mystery Series to a whole new generation! This essential collection includes 20 library-bound, hardcover books featuring Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden. Each intriguing tale finds the quartet entangled in another exciting mystery, and...  more

Introduce Gertrude Chandler Warners Boxcar Children Mystery Series to a whole new generation! This essential collection includes 20 library-bound, hardcover books featuring Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden. Each intriguing tale finds the quartet entangled in another exciting mystery, and is written in a style that is both easy and fun to read. Accelerated readers ages 7 through 12 will delight in such captivating stories as: The Boxcar Children, The Haunted Clock Tower Mystery, Mystery Ranch, The Lighthouse Mystery, Surprise Island, The Mystery on Blizzard Mountain, The Mystery of the Mummys Curse, The Mystery of the Midnight Dog, The Disappearing Staircase Mystery, and 11 more. A fundamental fiction collection for every school library!

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red...  more

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life for themselves?until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her.

Read by Phyllis Newmantwo cassettes / two hours 35 mins.Adventure abounds as the Alden children spend a summer living on their grandfather's island.  They display a wealth of confidence in their ability to face life's everyday challenges armed only with their clever inventiveness and...  more

Read by Phyllis Newmantwo cassettes / two hours 35 mins.Adventure abounds as the Alden children spend a summer living on their grandfather's island.  They display a wealth of confidence in their ability to face life's everyday challenges armed only with their clever inventiveness and the support of eachother.  Few subjects are as sure to capture the imaginations of children as the idea of living on their own.  A hint of suspense is woven through the story until the mysterious true identity of Joe the handyman is finally revealed.

The Boxcar Children are spending the summer on Mystery Ranch. The excitement begins when they meet their old friend, Mike. When Mike is blamed for starting a fire, the Boxcar Children must solve the mystery. Back cover: One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew...  more

The Boxcar Children are spending the summer on Mystery Ranch. The excitement begins when they meet their old friend, Mike. When Mike is blamed for starting a fire, the Boxcar Children must solve the mystery. Back cover: One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer out west on Mystery Ranch. The excitement begins when they meet their old friend, Mike. When Mike is blamed for starting a fire, the Boxcar Children know he's innocent. But can they discover who's really behind Mike's Mystery - before it's too late? RL3, ages 7-12

The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in an enormous New England farmhouse. There's an old woodshed near the house that holds a surprising secret--a secret that dates from the Revolutionary War. Suddenly their summer becomes an adventure.

When a terrible snowstorm hits the area, the Boxcar Children are trapped. To make matters worse, there's something very suspicious about their cabin. What are all those strange markings on the closet door? And what are all those strange noises the Boxcar Children hear in the night?

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are helping their neighbors build a tree house. From the new tree house, the Aldens can keep an eye on the house next door. That house has a very old and special...  more

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are helping their neighbors build a tree house. From the new tree house, the Aldens can keep an eye on the house next door. That house has a very old and special secret...and the Boxcar Children are determined to find out what it is!

A puzzle in relationships concerns two boys ejected from the bus station.

The Boxcar Children visit their cousin Joe and his wife Alice, who live in Pine Grove near an amusement park. The children fall in love with the beautiful antique horses of the merry-go-round, but when they later discover some of the horses damaged, they begin to suspect something funny is going on.

While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.

The Boxcar Children are in a show. Jessie is chosen to play the Cowardly Lion. Benny will play a munchkin. Even Watch has a part. Then mysterious things begin to happen. Someone makes a threatening phone call and a costume is destroyed. What next!?

When the Aldens go to the Pickering Natural History Museum to assist with the opening of a dinosaur exhibit, their work is hampered by a series of mysterious happenings.

The Boxcar Children are invited to spend a week at the Greenfield Guide Dog school. When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger.

When the Boxcar Children find an old journal behind the closet wall in the guest room, they never dream it will lead them on a search for a valuable coin collection. What happened to the girl who wrote the journal and what is she trying to tell them?

The Aldens are exploring an old house in Michigan. When they arrive at the mansion, they can't wait to start looking through all the rooms. They find an old diary that tells that a diamond and pearl ring is hidden in the house.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Aldens, while testing the latest version of their favorite computer game, are surprised to find messages directed specifically at them.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're going to visit his old school with him! The Aldens are spending a weekend at Goldwin University for Grandfather's college reunion. The Alden children are...  more

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're going to visit his old school with him! The Aldens are spending a weekend at Goldwin University for Grandfather's college reunion. The Alden children are immediately fascinated by the tall, mysterious clock tower that overshadows the campus. They soon learn that a valuable secret from the past lies hidden somewhere at the school -- and they think the clock tower might hold the key to discovering it! But there are strange lights coming from the clock tower at night. Is the tower haunted by ghosts of the past? Or is someone else serching for the secret of Goldwin University? The Boxcar Children are convinced that someone at the school is not what he or she seems -- and they are determined to find out who it is!

The Aldens agree to help Grandfather's friend fix up Skeleton Point, an old mansion, but they never expected what they would find on the grounds of the dilapidated estate.

Super special mystery with games & activities

The Aldens' boxcar is the perfect place for games, picnics, sleepovers, and fun. But is it also the perfect place for ghosts? When strange things start happening there, Benny is convinced that the boxcar is haunted.

The Aldens enjoy playing their favorite computer game, Ringmaster. They get a chance to "test out" Ringmaster II before it's released to the public. But strange things happen when they begin to play the game.

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are helping the Greenfield Museum set up an exhibit about ancient Egypt, when all sorts of strange things begin to go wrong!

Read by Phyllis Newman Two cassettes / 1 hour 54 minutes Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met,...  more

Read by Phyllis Newman Two cassettes / 1 hour 54 minutes Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life themselves--until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her. This unabridged recording will delight any child who has fantasized about being on his or her own and overcoming every obstacle.