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Mystery at the old ranch

The Aldens spend the summer on their aunt's ranch! The ranch is a beautiful place, but there are some unusual things happening behind the scenes. As the Boxcar Children explore the land, they make an amazing discovery. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's Mystery Ranch chapter book, this early re...

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Main Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979 (Creator)
Corporate Author: Penguin Random House (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Random House Books for Young Readers, [2025]
Series:Step into reading.
Subjects:
Boxcar children (Fictitious characters) > Juvenile fiction.
Horses > Juvenile fiction.
Ranches > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Readers (Elementary)
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Summary:The Aldens spend the summer on their aunt's ranch! The ranch is a beautiful place, but there are some unusual things happening behind the scenes. As the Boxcar Children explore the land, they make an amazing discovery. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's Mystery Ranch chapter book, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic.
Item Description:At head of title: The boxcar children.
An easy reader based on 'The boxcar children : mystery ranch' by Gertrude Chander Warner originally published in 1958, renewed in 1986.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Audience:PK1.
440
Guided reading level K.
ISBN:9780593906446
0593906454
9780593906453
0593906446
Author Notes:Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut on April 16, 1890. Due to her poor health, she never finished high school and studied with a tutor. During World War I, a shortage of teachers prompted the local school board to hire her to teach first grade, a position she held for over 30 years. She wrote the first Boxcar book in 1924, while home recuperating from an illness, but the version most people are familiar with was originally published in 1942. The Alden children became so popular that she wrote 19 adventures about them including Surprise Island, Mystery Ranch, and Snowbound Mystery. She died at age 89 August 29, 1979, but the Boxcar Children are still being written about by a team of writers faithful to her vision.

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