The Boxcar children beginning the Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm

Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents on Fair Meadow FarmAlthough times are hard, the Aldens are happy -- "the best family of all," Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a traveling family needs shelter. The A...

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Main Author: MacLachlan, Patricia
Other Authors: Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Albert Whitman & Company, 2012.
Series:Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979. Boxcar children mysteries ;
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Summary:Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents on Fair Meadow FarmAlthough times are hard, the Aldens are happy -- "the best family of all," Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a traveling family needs shelter. The Aldens take them in, and the strangers soon become friends. But things never stay the same at the farm, and the spring and summer bring events that will forever change their lives. Newbery Award-winning author Patricia MacLachlan pays loving tribute to the classic novels by Gertrude Chandler Warner in this story of the Alden children's origins.
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Audience:Text Difficulty K - Text Difficulty 2
LG/Lower grades (K-3rd)
3.1
ISBN:9781453270035
9781453261200
Author Notes:Patricia MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 3, 1938. She received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1962 and taught English at a junior high school until 1979. She began writing picture books and novels at the age of thirty-five. Her works include The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, Skylark, Caleb's Story, Grandfather's Dance, Three Names, All the Places to Love, Before You Came, Cat Talk, and Snowflakes Fall. She won the Golden Kite Award for Arthur, for the Very First Time and the 1986 Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall.

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