Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather. Includes a biography and photographs of the author.

When the Boxcar children help out in a local garden, they dig up one strange thing after another! First, the tomato plants seem to move every day. Find out how that can be.

A local radio station is holding the Great Detective Race, and the Boxcar Children have entered the contest! They solve riddles and search all over town for clues leading to the grand prize. But when some of the clues turn out to be fake, it's clear that someone is playing unfairly! Who could be trying to ruin the race - and why?

The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council.

"Years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this new version introduces young readers to a Boxcar Children classic." -- (Source of summary not specified)

Los hermanos Alden pasan las vacaciones de verano en su propia isla privada. Allí conocen a un misterioso nuevo amigo, ¡con un fascinante secreto! --Page 4 of cover. The children are spending the summer on their own private island but there is a mysterious stranger on the island.

"Hace muchos años un hombre desaparecio de la casa amarilla de la isla de las sorpresas. ¡Los hermanos Alden han encontrado una pista para resolver este intrigante misterio!"-- The yellow house mystery: Relates the exploits of the four Alden children as they locate a missing man. The Boxcar children are determined to solve the mystery that surrounds an old yellow house on their grandfather's property. Strange things have happened in that house...

Four orphans take shelter in an old boxcar during a storm, and, determined to make it their own, they turn it into a safe, cozy home.

The Alden children plan to ride in their boxcar at the Greenfield Founders' Day Parade, but the newly refurbished boxcar is stolen a couple of days before the big event ... with their dog, Watch, in it.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans looking for a place to live. Could a boxcar in the woods be their new home?