
Bicycle Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Narrator: Aimee Lilly
Unabridged: 1 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 10/22/2012

Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Narrator: Aimee Lilly
Unabridged: 1 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Published: 10/22/2012
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.
I wish we still had a society where four kids could spend a week bicycling to their aunt's house safely. :P......more
I read just about every one of these I could get my hands on when I was a child. In my later teens, I picked up the series again to see what it was that I liked so much about the series. The answer: realistic characters, believable storyline, and a kind of summer escapist's daydream into some things......more
4 stars from Austen even though she loved it “so, so, soooo much.” She took away a star for the “fire part” because it was scary. Also, I thought it was very clever of Grandfather to find a way to get rid of his grandkids for an even longer period of time AND not have to drive them anywhere himself......more