Tag: The Boxcar Children

April 13, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Spring is here, spring is here / Life is skittles and life is beer

The weather! She has warmed here in NYC! The crocuses and daffodils and purple flowers that I can never identify are blooming in my front yard. The birds are singing and there are buds on the trees. Tis spring spring spring! To celebrate, we begin today with a poetic celebration of baseball (a very spring […]

May 15, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Top 100 Children’s Novels Poll #99: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

#99 The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (1942) 19 points If there is a shining example of a book considered a classic in spite of the fact that it has garnered no awards, my vote would go for Warner’s ultimate kids-living-on-their-own story. When I was a child I spent a frightening amount of time […]