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 Boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow. They untangle the mystery of the two houses.

Hidden behind the wall of their guest room, a mysterious journal leads the Aldens on a search for a valuable collection--

When Benny Alden decides he wants to go into business like his grandfather, his first several attempts don't quite work out.

Four orphaned children make a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar and are united with their grandfather.

When Benny decides to dig a hole in the back yard, Grandfather gives him an old map that leads to a special discovery.

When Benny's friend comes to visit the Alden house with his two-year-old brother Sam, the younger boy makes trouble everywhere he goes.

Benny is excited about having his first sleepover, but he and his friends are a little bit scared, too.