Gertrude Chandler Warner

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 are orphans. Determined to make it on their own, they set out to find a safe place to live. They discover an old, red boxcar that provides shelter from a storm. Against all odds, they make it into their home-and become The Boxcar Children.

The Aldens' friend Max says nothing interesting happens in Port Elizabeth. But when the children visit the small fishing village and come across a man snooping around the local library, they prove that every town has it's mysteries.

The Aldens are spending the summer on their aunt's ranch out west. The ranch is a beautiful place, but Aunt Jane is an unhappy woman who hasn't spoken to their grandfather in years. Can the Boxcar Children help mend things between them?

The Boxcar Children visit the old farmhouse where Grandfather and Aunt Jane grew up! But people in the nearby town seem to think something isn't quite right about the house. As the Boxcar Children investigate, they start to uncover secrets about the farm's past-dating all the way back to the Revolutionary War!

While on a camping trip with their grandfather, the Alden children try to find out about the loud music and missing food that threatens to scare away other campers.

While exploring the caves around Dragon's Mouth Cavern, a series of unusual and somewhat frightening events convinces the Alden children that someone does not want them around.

A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are the ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.

When a calico cat appears at Grandfather's, the children look for the founder of the town's animal shelter.

Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.

At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library.