The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1) (Boxcar Children) | 
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Product Description
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.
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Customer Reviews:
• The Best Of A Good Series 05 July, 2008
This was my favorite boxcar children, although I have since read about 50 more from the series. It's an exciting book. Many of my friends have liked it because of the humor, adventure, and mysteries. I think that you will like this heart-warming tale.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AB4D4ZZK41NYN
• Wonderful Story, But Not The Original. Please Don't Call It That. 16 August, 2007
The blurb from "Publishers Weekly" says that the 60th Anniversary Edition contains "the original text" of the book. IT DOES NOT, and the afterword, "About Gertrude Chandler Warner", makes this perfectly clear.
The original book, "The Boxcar Children", was not written in 1942, but in 1924. It was published by Rand McNally. The edition in print today -- the one we're all familiar with, copyrighted 1942 -- is a revision: "a new, simpler version of _The Boxcar Children_, {written} to reach poor readers and children who might be struggling to learn English. THIS EDITION ... is the beloved story children still read today." (Emphasis mine)
So where is the ORIGINAL "Boxcar Children"? Out of print. And, sadly, unavailable: even ABEBooks does not have a copy. Anyone interested in children's fiction who's eager to read the original text is out of luck.
The publishers have missed the 80th anniversary of the original book's publication. Will we have to wait until 2024 for a chance to read it?
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2XKJ4HQDX75XZ
• A Review 06 April, 2008
I liked this book well enough as a child. My mother read it and then I enjoyed the story. What I don't get is the name of the series. They only lived in a boxcar for the first book, so why are they still called the boxcar children? Will anyone ever let them live down the fact they had to make their home in a boxcar? Geeze.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2K71J7YK6K91A
• Wonderful, Even For The Little Ones! 23 July, 2007
I read this book to my son as part of our homeschool curriculum for Kindergarten. Every night he has begged me to read one more chapter! He enjoyed listening to this book so much that he would rather pick up his toys than risk missing a night of The Boxcar Children! It was a huge motivator! I highly recommend it. My son has also informed me that when we finish (we read the final chapter tomorrow night), I am to put the book on the shelf and save it so he can read it himself when he's bigger!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2M626C075MKEA
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