Gertrude Chandler Warner’s “The Boxcar Children,” celebrating its 100th year, depicts the delights of concocting scrumptious meals. “Benny discovered his beloved ‘pink cup.’” ...

In 1924, Connecticut first-grade teacher Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979) wrote the first version of The Boxcar Children, which she republished 18 years later in a revised edition.

Author Gertrude Chandler Warner wrote the first book in what would become her “Boxcar Children” series in 1924. It would go on to spawn more than 100 books with the plucky children typically ...