Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Mystery at the Fair Gertrude Chandler Warner

Brief Description: The Boxcar children uncover a mystery when they compete in several contests at the county fair. Brief Description: When the Boxcar children try to win money for their grandfather's birthday gift at the county fair, entries are tampered with and the prize money disappears. Jacket Description/Flap: The county fair has come to Greenfield. The Aldens are so excited about entering the competitions at the fair. Publisher Marketing: The county fair has come to Greenfield. The Aldens are so excited about entering the competitions at the fair. Henry and Benny will bake a blueberry pie, Jessie will make jewelry, and Violet will paint a picture.

Contributor Bio:  Warner, Gertrude Chandler Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. Encouraged by its success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden Children.