Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Back in 1924, Gertrude Chandler Warner’s book The Boxcar Children was published. Eighteen years later, in 1942, the book was condensed and revised to make it simpler for young readers. But I find the original version to have a lot more detail and charm. So, this is the version I’ll be recording. Plus, because this earlier version is now in the public domain, it will stay available on Stories Come to Life forever, so you can listen to it often.
The four Boxcar children, Henry, Jess, Violet, and Benny are orphans. What will happen if their grandfather, whom they have never met, finds out where they are? The children are afraid he will treat them cruelly, so instead of being sent to live with him, they run away and find an abandoned boxcar at the edge of a forest by a rushing stream. In these first chapters, they decide to make this chance discovery into a charming home.
Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.
Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!
Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!