The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, No. 3) (Paperback)

by Gertrude Chandler Warner (Author), Mary Gehr (Illustrator) "Four lively children lived with their grandfather Alden in a big house..." (more)
Key Phrases: little yellow house, Old Village, Surprise Island, Bear Trail (more...)

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The Boxcar Children now have a home with their grandfather and are determined to solve the mystery that surrounds an old yellow house on his property. Strange things are happeing in that house where long ago a man disappeared.

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In this third book from the series, 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807593664
• ISBN-13: 978-0807593660
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,764 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 3 in The Boxcar Children Series.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Alden children go camping and solve a mystery, October 19, 2006

By	Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

In this third entry in the Boxcar Children series the Alden children (Henry 16, Jessie 14, Violet 12 and Benny 7), ask their grandfather about the mysterious yellow house on their island. He tells them a story about the long missing Bill McGregor, husband of the family housekeeper. The children and their cousin Joe and his new bride Alice decide to locate the missing man when they uncover an overlooked clue to his whereabouts. The six set out to Maine following the clue and along the way have many adventures.

This book was originally written in 1953 by a teacher who combined a basic vocabulary and exciting storyline in order to entice young readers. Her formula was and is a great success. To an adult the mysteries involved are rather simplistic, the situations more than a little unrealistic and the characters quite wooden but to the children the stories are written for these are exciting stories with thrilling adventures around every twist and turn. Just the thing to get a reluctant reader inspired to read for fun.

In the early sixties one of my teachers kept our 5th grade class entralled by reading to us the last few minutes of each day. The Boxcar Children were always a popular choice, the short cliffhanger style chapters kept us anxiously waiting for the next reading and stirred up more than a few schoolyard discussions on what might happen next. It inspired me to go canoe camping in the northwoods years later and share that adventure and The Boxcar Children with my children.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I liked the plot in this story., February 15, 1998

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I liked the part when Benny found a box of money when he was playing with a frog.I also liked the part when the four childern's grandfather told them a story about when he was a boy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have never forgotten the book, neither will my kids., October 18, 1999

By A Customer

When I was a child, I had a very hard time concentrating on reading. That was untill my mom entroduced me to the Box car children. I have never forgotten about those kids. It is my favorite child hood story. I always wished that I had have my own box car to go to. I think it the best fantasy land any child could ever enter.