

Caboose Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 08/14/2012
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 08/14/2012
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective
The Boxcar Children Series was created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, a teacher, when she realized that there were few, if any, books for children that were both easy and fun to read. She drew on her own experiences in writing the mysteries. As a child, she had spent hours watching trains near her home, and often dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or freight car. In each story, she chose a special setting and introduced unpredictable, unusual or eccentric characters, to help highlight the Aldens’ independence and resourcefulness. Miss Warner lived in Putnam, Massachusetts until her death in 1979.
I had no memory of the Caboose Mystery until I picked it up again and the whole crazy-pants plotline came rushing back to me, like the morning after a long night of drinking. Truly, Gertrude outdid herself–it is more bananas than anything we’ve seen so far. It starts out (just like the Schoolhouse My......more
Caboose mystery by Gertrude Warner The boxcar children #11 Another cute boxcar children story. This story picks up right after the last book. Benny is thinking that before the last trip grandpa had a surprise for the kids. He was hoping its not to late to do the surprise. Grandpa surprised the childr......more
this book hits but jessie deserves jail time for that orange juice + coke combo......more
The Aldens live in a Caboose on the back of a train for a week. They find a mystery, meet new people and use their enormous fortune to help everyone. The moral of the story: Life is great when you're rich. Yea I know I'm bitter and jaded by the trials of adult life.......more