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The Box Car Children: Facsimile of 1924 First Edition with Illustrations in
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The Box Car Children: Facsimile of 1924 First Edition with Illustrations in Color Paperback - 2019

by Gertrude Chandler Warner


From the publisher

2019 Reprint of 1924 First Edition. Illustrated with Original Color Drawings. Reprint of the text and color illustrations of the First Edition of 1924. The text of this edition is different than later "sanitized" editions. The Box-Car Children tells the story of four orphaned children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. They create a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. They eventually meet their grandfather, who is a wealthy and kind man (although the children had believed him to be cruel). The children decide to live with the grandfather, who moves the beloved boxcar to his backyard so the children can use it as a playhouse. The book was adapted as the film The Boxcar Children in 2014 and the sequel novel Surprise Island was released as a film in 2018. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the original book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". In 2012 the original novel was ranked among the all-time "Top 100 Chapter Books", or children's novels, in a survey published by School Library Journal.

Details

  • Title The Box Car Children: Facsimile of 1924 First Edition with Illustrations in Color
  • Author Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 86
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Martino Fine Books
  • Date 2019-04-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781684223411 / 1684223415
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.23 in (24.61 x 18.90 x 0.58 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Reading level 580
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC