Boxcar Children Graphic Novels: Book 1: Boxcar Children (Hardcover)

from Jessie_Bear

The four Alden orphans stick together by surviving in an abandoned boxcar, making a home for themselves in the woods. This first installment of the Boxcar Children Series introduces readers to the background and foundational information about the series in a compact manner. This condensed version...

from Nhritzuk

In this graphic novel, the illustrations add details to the story that are not obvious in the words. I like that the narration is written in yellow square boxes while the quotations are written in white speech bubbles, as this make the sequence in which words should be read more clear cut. I can'...

from Taranto

So excited that they made this awesome series into graphic novels!! This opens a door for many of my readers in my class who have difficulty reading chapter books. The Boxcar Children is perfect for fourth graders and any student trying to strengthen their inferential thinking. Mysteries allow us...

from Amcantrell

This is a wonderful graphic novel (first in the series) based on the original series written by Gertrude Chandler Warner. The story is about 4 young orphan kids who run away from home so that they don't have to live with their (thought to be) mean grandfather. On their adventure, these kids are f...

from Glenajo

This is the graphic novel remake of Gertrude Chandler Warner's Boxcar Children, introducing a new generation to the story of the Aldens. This graphic novel format is only the bare bones of the story, with a lower reading level. On the positive side, it might interest another generation in the sto...