The Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1) (Boxcar Children)

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.

Mountain Top Mystery (Boxcar Children)

Schoolhouse Mystery (Boxcar Children)

Caboose Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries)

Houseboat Mystery (Boxcar Children)

Surprise Island (Boxcar Children)

Read by Phyllis Newman
two 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 Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, No. 3) (Boxcar Children)

2 hours, 47 mins.
2 cassettes
Performance by Phyllis Newman

In this third book from the series, Grandpa Alden tells Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny of the curious circumstances in which the yellow house became vacant over forty years ago.  Determined to solve the mystery, the children uncover a trail of clues that leads them to memories of their boxcar days.

Snowbound Mystery (Boxcar Children)

Tree House Mystery (Boxcar Children)

Bicycle Mystery (Boxcar Children)