

Mike's Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Unabridged: 1 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 10/09/2012
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Unabridged: 1 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 10/09/2012
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.
We’re up to book five of Gertrude’s opus, which is Mike’s Mystery. Come with me on this magical journey. I’m surprised to find that the Boxcar children haven’t abandoned Aunt Jane at her farmhouse and then immediately forgotten about her. Disappointingly, they are going to visit her again. Probably b......more
Read this to the kids I nanny today. They liked it a lot. I never realized how insufferable the Alden children were (except Violet, I adore Violet). Why are they so mean to Mike all the time? Leave the boy alone... Anyway, my childhood is ruined, I apparently don't like the Boxcar Children anymore xD......more