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Publication Date: 1981

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

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This review is from: The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, No. 3) (Boxcar Children Mysteries) (Paperback)

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.

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

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This review is from: The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, No. 3) (Boxcar Children Mysteries) (Paperback)

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SUCH A GOOD BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!! my name is abby, January 22, 2011

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This review is from: The Yellow House Mystery: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #3 (Kindle Edition)

WOOOOOOOOW such a good book I can't wait to read the next one and the next and so on ........i am speechless it was so great

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Yellow House Mystery, No. 3 (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
Great Series!! I purchased Books 1-4, for an 8-year old...she absolutely loves them. She enjoys reading regardless; however, since she is required to read 30-minutes every night... Read more

Published 7 days ago by AMP

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series!
I read this series as a child and now I'm working on collecting them for my daughter. These books are wholesome and well written. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Nurse Katt

4.0 out of 5 stars delighted grandaughter
when a package arrives as promised and the book delights the child that is all one needs.

Published on July 21, 2008 by Lyna Stevens Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars The Boxcar Children
If you love The Boxcar Children books, you will love this one. It follows book no. 2 very well. It will keep you on the edge of your seat as the adventure unfolds. Read more

Published on January 17, 2007 by train mom

5.0 out of 5 stars yellow house mystery
in book number three of the boxcar series, the children find themselves yet another mystery. they find a yellow house that they are forbidden to go into because the man who lived... Read more

Published on March 3, 2006 by stephanie porter

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Kid's Book!
I love the Boxcar Children books - these are great adventures for kids. The entire series is worth reading.

Published on December 3, 2005 by ANNABELLESTAR

4.0 out of 5 stars Great mystery for children
This was the first real mystery story I ever read, when I was about eight or nine years old, and I madly adored it, except that for some reason the part about the grating brick... Read more

Published on September 20, 2002 by Mrs Baldwin

5.0 out of 5 stars I liked the plot in this story.
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... Read more

Published on February 15, 1998

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Four lively children lived with their grandfather Alden in a big house. Read the first page

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little yellow house

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Old Village, Surprise Island, Bear Trail, Dave Hunter, Captain Daniel, Jim's Place, Uncle James

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