One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and spend many summers having adventure after adventure. The best part? They never grow older and never lose the desire the solve mysteries. The series now has over 100 books in it, and will probably continue to add more until it runs out of fans or is no longer profitable.

While many people have read and loved this series, there unfortunately was never an official website created.

The Boxcar Children • Surprise Island • Yellow House Mystery • Mystery Ranch • Mike's Mystery • Blue Bay Mystery • The Woodshed Mystery • The Lighthouse Mystery • Mountain Top Mystery • Schoolhouse Mystery

#1 The Boxcar Children	One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies. Ambitious and resourceful, the children make a happy life themselves--until Violet gets too sick for her brothers and sister to care for her. Return to top
#2 Surprise Island	Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending a summer living on their grandfather's island. They display a wealth of confidence in their ability to face life's everyday challenges armed only with their clever inventiveness and the support of each other. Few subjects are as sure to capture the imaginations of children as the idea of living on their own. A hint of suspense is woven through the story until the mysterious true identity of Joe the handyman is finally revealed. Return to top
#3 Yellow House Mystery	Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather. Grandpa Alden tells Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny of the curious circumstances in which the yellow house became vacant over forty years ago. Determined to solve the mystery, the children uncover a trail of clues that leads them to memories of their boxcar days. Return to top
#4 Mystery Ranch	Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Grandpa Alden's sister, Jane, is not feeling very well.  She's very tired, quite cross, and she doesn't seem to like anyone, including Grandpa Alden.  So when Aunt Jane ends up all alone on her ranch out west, it's the Alden girls who go to care for her and try to bring her out of the doldrums. Soon a mystery begins to unfold and the clues are everywhere; from the stranger on the train to the beautiful yellow rocks on Aunt Jane's ranch.  When Henry and Benny come out to join the girls, the four Alden children find themselves unraveling the intriguing mystery...with some amazing results! Return to top
#5 Mike’s Mystery	Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer out west on Mystery Ranch. The excitement begins when they meet their old friend, Mike. When Mike is blamed for starting a fire, the Boxcar Children know he's innocent. But can they discover who's really behind Mike's Mystery - before it's too late? Return to top
#6 Blue Bay Mystery	Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar, Now they have a home with their grandfather and are taking a vacation in the south seas on an uninhabited island. But is the island really "uninhabited"? The boxcar children soon suspect someone else is there too - someone one who may not want them around. How did he get there and who is he? Return to top
#7 The Woodshed Mystery	Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are visiting a farm in New England that dates back to the 1700's. Grandfather and Aunt Jane grew up there, and he buys it back for her to live in. But everyone in the town seems to think something is wrong with the house, and the children set out to find out what it is and clear the air of all secrets. And they are pretty sure the woodshed holds an important clue. Return to top
#8 The Lighthouse Mystery	Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar, Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England Coast. Jessie sees a mysterious woman walking on the grounds of the lighthouse late at night. Watch, Jessie's dog, wakes up growling almost every weekend-at midnight. And Henry finds a puzzling note in the sand...many more strange things will happen before the Boxcar children can solve "the Lighthouse mystery." Return to top
#9 Mountaintop Mystery	The Boxcar children embark on another adventure only to run into trouble and then mystery atop a New England mountaintop. The mystery comes in the form of the whereabouts of a long-lost treasure that they learn about from an old Indian woman who says her grandfather hid it. The story takes a touching twist when the children meet a young Indian boy who also is looking for the treasure that he thinks belongs to him as the last member of the tribe to possess the secret goods. Return to top
#10 Schoolhouse Mystery	Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and re spending the summer in a remote fishing village on the New England coast. Benny is suspicious of a man he sees snooping in the village library. Who is he? and why does he hide from Benny? the boxcar children don't know the mans secret yet. but they are about to find out! Return to top