Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny share a mysterious island for the summer with their grandfather.

The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.

The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.

The Boxcar Children investigate when everything seems to go wrong for the Greenfield Museum as soon as the Museum displays a four-thousand-year-old ancient Egyptian mummy.

The Alden children have another mystery to solve when they visit a castle and must figure out which of the guests has stolen the Stradivarius violin.

The Alden children go to spend the summer on their aunt's ranch out west where they set themselves the task of restoring the relationship between Aunt Jane and their grandfather.

Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet Alden, spending the summer out west, decide to investigate when their friend Mike's house burns down and he is blamed for starting the fire.

Four orphaned children, afraid to go live with their grandfather, set up housekeeping in an abandoned boxcar and are doing fine until one of them becomes ill.

When the Aldens visit Yellowstone they discover a map showing the way to an old cabin where gold is supposedly hidden, but they encounter lots of interference in their attempts to hike the trail.

While sightseeing at the Alamo, the Boxcar children investigate the disappearance of a priceless ring from the Alamo museum.