Gertrude Chandler Warner

Born:
April 16, 1890
Died: August 30, 1979

Gertrude Biography

• Born: Putnam Connecticut
• Lived with her brother, sister, mother and father on a farm
• She didn't finish highschool due to illness
• During the war teachers were drafted to fight.
• She was begged to teach first grade at a school because she was a Sunday school teacher

How did she get into writing children's books?

• She became a first grade teacher
• When she was sick during her teaching years she was at home and wrote "The Box car children"

Interesting facts

• Inscription on her tombstone: "She opens her mouth with wisdom and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue."
• Her favorite book to read was “Alice in Wonderland”
• She never married
• She also wrote a book for adults, “Life's Minor Collisions”

Interesting facts continued

• The boxcar children raised a protest with librarians because the children were having fun without any parental guidance.

The Boxcar Children #1

Surprise Island #2

The Yellow House Mystery #3

Mystery Ranch #4

Mike's Mystery #5

Resources

• “Gertrude Chandler Warner Biography.” Gertrude Chandler Warner Biography | HowOld.Co, www.howold.co/person/gertrude-chandler-warner/biography. Accessed 30 Sept. 2023.

Resources

• “Gertrude Chandler Warner (Author of the Boxcar Children).” Goodreads, Goodreads, www.goodreads.com/author/show/10665.Gertrude_Chandler_Warner. Accessed 30 Sept. 2023.

Resources

• “Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979) - Find a...” Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/8123179/gertrude-chandler-warner. Accessed 30 Sept. 2023.