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Podcast: Stuff You Missed in History Class
Episode: Gertrude Chandler Warner: âThe Boxcar Childrenâ and Beyond
Description: Gertrude Chandler Warner's most well known writing is "The Boxcar Children." But that series is far from the only professional writing Chandler did â she made a career as a writer while also teaching elementary school for decades. Research: Abate, M.A. Not Hoovervilles, But Hooch: Gertrude Chandler Warnerâs The Boxcar Childrenand The Roaring Twenties. Child Lit Educ 47, 257â266 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-016-9275-5 Braccidiferro, Gail. âThe Boxcar Children: A Museum Caper.â New York Times. June 20, 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/nyregion/the-boxcar-children-a-museum-caper.html Crowe, Chris. âYoung Adult Literature: Rescuing Reluctant Readers.â The English Journal, vol. 88, no. 5, 1999, pp. 11...