A horse and buggy appear, and they hide as it passes, they hear the passengers-the baker and his wife-talking about finding the children. At dawn, they sleep in a haystack, then resume their walk after sunset. They walk for hours along a road through farmland. Henry and Jessie quickly gather up Benny and Violet, their 10-year-old sister, and escape into the night. The older children, Henry and Jessie, overhear the baker and wife discussing a plan to keep the kids but send the youngest, Benny, to a home for children. They ask to sleep on the store’s benches for the night, and the baker’s wife lets them. The National Education Association and the School Library Journal place The Boxcar Children among the 100 best books for young readers.Īn electronic version of the 2017 Whitman reprint, illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert and Gretchen Ellen Powers, forms the basis for this study guide.įour children, ages five to 14, enter a bakery and buy three loaves of bread. Other authors have contributed to the series, which now includes more than 160 titles. First published in 1924 and revised by the author in 1942, the book proved popular, and Warner wrote 19 more books about the Boxcar Children.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |