Gertrude Chandler Warner and the Boxcar Children

by Mary Ellen Ellsworth

Book Overview

In this biography, readers will learn about Gertrude Chandler Warner's childhood living across the street from the railroad tracks, her bouts with poor health, and her rewarding teaching career. Most importantly, they will learn about her earliest attempts at writing and her inspiration for The Boxcar Children.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807528382
• ISBN13: 9780807528389
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Very Good

This book was very interesting. If you are a Gertrude Chandler Warner fan this is for you. It does not, however, inform you of why and how so many people are able to use her name since her death. Clearly none of the books since her death come close in quality to those that she herself wrote.