Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar Children
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny, four orphaned siblings, suddenly appear in a small town. The children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make a happy life for themselves—until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her.

Surprise Island
Adventure abounds as Henry, Jessie, Violet,...

The mysterious disappearance of a reclusive neighbor's cat involves the Boxcar children in some complicated detective work.

The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.

The Alden children suspect someone of trying to sabotage the local dog show.

Someone is trying to put Aunt Jane's motel out of business, but the Alden children aren't going to let that happen.

When the Aldens float a rented houseboat down the river, they begin to notice strange things are happening in the river towns.

"People say nothing interesting happens in the village of Port Elizabeth but, on a visit there, the Boxcar Children find a big mystery at the schoolhouse. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic."--Amazon.

At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for a new hospital wing are being sabotaged by nasty tricks, they find their attempts to befriend the new girl Beth frustrated by her strange behavior.

The Alden children are trapped in their cabin by a snowstorm, but while they wait for the storm to pass, they discover the cabin is full of secrets.

While staying at a hotel in New York City, the Aldens investigate a series of annoying pranks plaguing the management and guests.