The Boxcar Children Mysteries Boxed Set 1-4: The Boxcar Children; Surprise Island; The Yellow House; Mystery Ranch

Great set. I got the books for my 6 year old but my 4 year old enjoys listening along too. Nice gift.

I bought these books to read with my 7 year old. I loved boxcar children as a child and am very excited to read them with her. We are on book two and she loves them as well. The books are a good quality and its nice to have them all in a box set.

Such a fun and clean read for your kiddo! Great gift for any aspiring book lover!

I remember reading (and loving!) the Boxcar Children books when I was younger, so when my oldest daughter was old enough to enjoy reading chapter books, I immediately bought these for her. Just as I had hoped, they are a hit! We often read the books together before bed time and we cannot get enough of the good old fashioned adventure. I love the lack of cell phones and gizmos and gadgets in the books as the author, Gertrude Chandler Warner, began writing them in the 1940s. It has been years since I read the books on my own and I sometimes find myself reading ahead of where my daughter and I are in the books because I am anxious to know what is going to happen. They are simple and entertaining! We have given this particular box set as a gift on several occasions and the recipients have always come back and expressed how much they enjoyed the books as well. They are perfect for children who are just beginning to show interest in reading chapter books, or for younger children who are being read to by an adult. My one and only complaint about this set is the new cover artwork. I miss the covers from when I was a child! But that has no bearing on the stories themselves or the memories I have of reading them as a child, and now I am creating similar memories with my children.

This is a great set! For whatever reason I never read this series as a kid so I was excited to read it to my kids. When I saw the great price for 4 books I immediately bought it and I am very happy with the purchase. The author draws you right into the story from the first page- BOTH my 7 year old and 10 year old daughter love it! They beg for more chapters every night. Honestly even my husband who hates reading was getting into the story while reading it to my daughter and I got so engrossed, that I finished the whole first book on my own lol. If you are on the fence about buying- just get it!

These books made up some of my childhood memories

With my kids, boy 9 and girl 7, love these books! Easy to read for these ages.

My grandnepbew birthday gift he loves to read

This is a rather simple adventure read, with four young children who make a home in a box car, as they are orphans. It is an easy read for my 8 year old, but she loves it, and my 5 year old loves listening to it. A good series, easier to read than famous five, almost nothing scary or tricky to navigate for sensitive readers, everyone behaves kindly to each other, siblings get along well together.

Good

The review is for the quality of the printed material and not the text. We love the series! The pages are so thin that they leave imprints and is sometimes very hard to read if the next page has a picture. Wish the pages they used were not so thin. Unfortunate!

I like this book

Like mini-Nancy Drew books. My 5 & 8 year old children LOVED these books.