02247cam a2200541 4500 348613574 TxAuBib 20140421120000.0 130729s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780807566176 pbk. 0807566179 pbk. 9780329997786 Follett bdg. 0329997785 Follett bdg. TxAuBib MacLachlan, Patricia. The Boxcar Children Beginning : The Aldens Of Fair Meadow Farm / Patricia MacLachlan ; interior illustrations by Robert Dunn. Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm. Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., [2012] 119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. "Based on the series created by Gertrude Chandler Warner"--T.p. Prequel to the Boxcar children mysteries. Includes bibliographical references. School Library Journal, December 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2012. Kirkus Review, August 2012. Library Media Connection, January 2013. School Library Journal. Horn Book. Choice. In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard. 3.1 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources. 3-6. 20140421. Families Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Friendship Fiction. Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters Fiction. Country life Juvenile fiction. Country life Fiction. Family life Fiction. Siblings Fiction. Dunn, Robert, ill. Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.