8 must-read juvenile books like The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

Cover of The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and …

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)

By: Lynne Reid Banks

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

At first, Omri is unimpressed with the plastic Indian toy he is given for his birthday. But when he… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. The Silver Balloon

By: Susan Bonners

3.70

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Having a pen pal is exciting One September evening, Gregory ties an index card with his name and a… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Cover of My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1) by Ruth Stiles Gannett

4. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Stiles Gannett's My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1) book and Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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5. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Jack and Annie's very first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--the Magic Tre… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

6. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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7. Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot (Violet Mackerel, #1)

By: Sarah Davis , Anna Branford

3.24

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Violet Mackerel thinks she would QUITE LIKE to own the blue china bird at the Saturday markets. Thi… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Stuart Little by E.B. White, Garth Williams

9. Stuart Little

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams

3.90

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

E.B. White's classic novel about one small mouse on a very big adventure! Stuart Little is no o… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Well,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"Very fine law,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"(Not every doctor can look into a mouse's ear without laughing)"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

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10. Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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11. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"When in love, one must take risks."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

12. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School #1)

By: Louis Sachar , Adam McCauley

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

There was a terrible mistake - Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirt… read more

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13. Just Dance

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.50

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story about finding your own voice while learning to understand the people you love… read more

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14. Dolphin Adventure (Dolphin Adventure #1)

By: None , Wayne Grover

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eighty feet below the ocean's surface, Wayne Grover hears a clicking sound. Soon he sees three dolp… read more

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15. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

16. Anna Hibiscus (Anna Hibiscus, #1)

By: Atinuke

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her mother, her father, her baby twin brothers, and lots… read more

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17. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)

By: Beverly Cleary

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people h… read more

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18. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will inst… read more

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19. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary , Louis Darling

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b." With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--h… read more

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20. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more

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Cover of The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

21. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and … read more

Similar categories in Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) book and Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile

11 best-selling chapter books books like The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

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The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)

Lynne Reid Banks

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Silver Balloon

Susan Bonners

3.70

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Transform Your Habits

My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.31

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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

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Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

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Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1)

Roger Lea MacBride , David Gilleece

4.00

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