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About The Box-Car Children (Unabridged)

The original 1924 Gertrude Chandler Warner children's classic. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are four recently orphaned siblings. Not wishing to live with their hard-hearted grandfather, whom they have never met because of his disapproval of their parents' marriage, the children strike out on their own. On a cold night, the children stop at a bakery to ask for food. They are invited to stay the night, but while there, the children overhear the baker and his wife discussing a plan to keep the older children as labor while sending young Benny to an orphanage. The children escape and flee to the woods and create a home for themselves in an abandoned box-car in the forest. Narrator Bio: Cathleen Fuller has been a Twin Cities actor and VO talent for over 30 years. Her appearances include the Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theatre, and History Theatre. Audiobooks include Murderers , Gold Citation Winner at the 2019 HearNow Festival. Author Bio: Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Box-Car Children .