The Box Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warren is a children’s series created and written originally in 1942. It is aimed at Grades 2-4. The series begins with a story of four children who run away from their grandfather who end up living in a boxcar. There are more than 100 books in the series with only the first 19 written by the creator Gertrude Warran. There are also a variety of spin-offs,including board books and cookbooks.

I invite you to check out these books for your early reader who is moving into chapter books. They are great fun.