courtesy of albert whitman & company train boxcar's creator the boxcar children are four adaptable sleuthing siblings gertrude chandler warner grew up near when she glimpsed wondered what it would be like to live in one the first boxcar story was published in 1924 warner rewrote it in key vocabulary terms in school reader that it grew into a series by the 1950s warner published her last boxcar title died three years later at age 89.-lk by lisa klug determine their destiny after losing their although the kids aged earlier in the series ficial archivist whose tenure has spanned warner wrote the first 19 books in the ers pen the stories under her name and rely on a bible of outlines to maintain consisten- negative impressions of a grandfather they be as diverse as possible." mysteries for more than 75 years their adventures have spanned more than 150 chapter books that have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide named for their makeshift home-turned- children favorites collection this unprecedented bundle of goodies was created in partnership with costco gift-giving with 30 bestselling titles for readers ages 7 to 10 "if we can get kids reading indepen- and vice president of sales for albert the fictional family of sleuths dates chandler warner imagined four lovable costco connection the boxcar children favorites collection is available in most warehouses and on costco.com
