

The Lighthouse Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #8
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Unabridged: 2 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 07/25/2012
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #8
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Unabridged: 2 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 07/25/2012
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.
Lighthouse Mystery begins with the end of the Woodshed Mystery, because that’s how synched up Gertrude is. Aunt Jane is relieved that no one calls her Mrs. Bean after her marriage, because even she knows that is a stupid sounding name. We are not even one full page into the book before bread and mil......more
fun and it makes you feel like you're in a swimming pool. the last part at least, I think......more
I read this for my popsugar challenge. It's a series I remember really enjoying as a child. The 3 star rating is because I recognize that it's well done Children's literature but isn't meant for me as an adult. Some of it is very dated at this point (as expected from a book written in the 60s). It w......more