Gertrude Chandler Warner

Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner

Brief Description: When the Alden children spend a week visiting at Pilgrim Village, they uncover the mystery behind the unusual happenings at the historic site. Jacket Description/Flap: The Aldens take a trip with Grandfather to Pilgrim Village which has been built to look like an old colonial town. Publisher Marketing: The Aldens ake a trip with Grandfather to Pilgrim Village which has been built to look like an old colonial town. They love the old-fashioned candle shop, printing shop, and the general store. They even get to wear colonial costumes.

Contributor Bio:  Warner, Gertrude Chandler Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. Encouraged by its success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden Children.