Complete Collection of The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Warner wrote, 'I was asked or begged to take this job because I taught Sunday School. She had forty children in the morning and forty more in the afternoon. Then, in 1918, when teachers were called to serve in World War I, the school board asked her to teach first grade. She left in the middle of her second year and studied with a tutor. Later, as an adult, she began playing the pipe organ and sometimes substituted for the church organist.ĭue to ill health, Ms. Her father had brought her one from New York -a cello, a bow, a case and an instruction book. They were able to have a family orchestra, and Gertrude enjoyed playing the cello. Gertrude's favorite flower was the violet. Along the way, she and Frances would stop to pick the wildflowers they both loved. Often on Sundays after church, Gertrude enjoyed trips to visit her grandparents' farm. Her favorite book was ALICE IN WONDERLAND. She loved furnishing a dollhouse with handmade furniture and she liked to read. Warner is best remembered as the author of THE BOXCAR CHILDREN MYSTERIES.Īs a child, Gertrude enjoyed many of the things that girls enjoy today. She wrote stories for her Grandfather Carpenter, and each Christmas she gave him one of these stories as a gift. From the age of five, she dreamed of becoming an author. Her family included a sister, Frances, and a brother, John.

Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut, on April 16, 1890, to Edgar and Jane Warner. Along the way, she and Frances would stop to pick As a child, Gertrude enjoyed many of the things that girls enjoy today. Warner is best remembered as the author of THE BOXCAR CHILDREN MYSTERIES.

Complete Collection of The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner