Gertrude Chandler Warner

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans looking for a place to live. Could a boxcar in the woods be their new home?

Many years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. With a bit of sleuthing, the Aldens find a clue to the mystery! Can they uncover the truth of what happened so long ago? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Yellow House Mystery chapter book, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic.

When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.

"Strange things keep happening at the old lighthouse. Will the Boxcar Children be able to solve this mystery?"-- Provided by publisher.

On a rafting trip in the Pacific Northwest, the Aldens come across the story of a mysterious man who disappeared into the wilderness many years ago. Can you help the Aldens find out where the man went--and what happened to the treasure he took with him? In this interactive, choose-your-path mystery, readers will make decisions that will help the Boxcar Children crack the case during their white-water adventure.

"Wherever the Boxcar Children go, they discover haunted havens, spooky sights, and mysterious old legends come to life! Here are three of their ghostliest adventures."-- Page [4] of cover.

In The ghost of the chattering bones, 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 ghostly stream. In The creature in Ogopogo Lake, the Aldens visit Grandfather's friend at the Ogopogo Retreat and aided by puzzling clues, embark on a treasure hunt to prevent the retreat from being sold. In The vampire mystery, when the Aldens agree to watch the...

The mystery of the singing ghost: The Boxcar Children are helping to fix up the house that their cousins have bought. But the house seems to be haunted by a ghost who sings! Will an old diary explain the house's secrets? The mystery of the mummy's curse: Strange things have been happening at the Greenfield Museum ever since an Egyptian mummy arrived for a special exhibit. Could an ancient curse be to blame for all the bad luck? The mystery of Skeleton...

"Cousin Alice is running for mayor in her town, and the Aldens are helping with her campaign! But Alice's campaign posters are torn down and painted over--and the same thing happens to her opponent! Then posters for a third candidate appear around town, but nobody has ever seen him in person. Will the town elect a mystery man for mayor? The Aldens are on the case!"-- Provided by publisher.

"There's going to be a free Thanksgiving dinner for the whole town of Greenfield--except the turkey is missing! The Aldens are helping out at a new food pantry, collecting donations and putting up signs. But someone keeps moving the signs, and when the main course for the big town dinner disappears, the Boxcar Children have a mystery to solve!"-- Provided by publisher.