When Benny decides to have a magic show, he practices all the time, doing the tricks over and over again. But then Watch, Benny's bag of tricks, and even Benny's cracked pink cup disappear. Where could they be?
Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in Putnam, Connecticut, on April 16, 1890, to Edgar and Jane Warner. Her family included a sister, Frances, and a brother, John. From the age of five, she dreamed of becoming an author. She wrote stories for her Grandfather Carpenter, and each Christmas she gave him one of these stories as a gift. Today, Ms. Warner is best remembered as the author of The Boxcar Children Mysteries.
