Five Little Peppers
and How They Grew
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• Author: |
Margaret Sidney
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• Year Written: |
1881 |
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• Nationality: |
American |
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• Genre: |
Fiction |
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• Cover Artist: |
Hatem Aly
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• Voice Actor: |
Diane Tody
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• Recorded by: |
Night Sky
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• Length: |
TBD |
ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 2010
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Kalliope's Review |
So many people, upon hearing that we were doing this book, have said, "Oh! I grew up on the Five Little Peppers!" Having read it years ago, I count myself among their number. While the original text required a labor of love to edit (due to necessary grammatical and punctuational changes) it was a small price to pay for this treasure. May the next generation be inspired by the Pepper children to show a similar love and kindness to all members of their families! ~ Kalliope |
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Short Book Summary |
Written by Margaret Sidney in 1881, this fictional story revolves around the lives of the Pepper family in their "little brown house." With a widowed mother, Mamsie, and her five children (Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie, and Phronsie), the Peppers initially struggle with poverty and later enjoy times of plenty, but they always live in an inspiring way. Positive family dynamics are central to the book, as the older children always try to make things "special" for their younger siblings. |
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Read First Paragraph |
"The little old kitchen had quieted down from the bustle and confusion of midday. Now, with its afternoon manners on, it presented a holiday aspect that, as the principal room in the brown house, it was eminently proper it should have. It was just on the edge of twilight, and the little Peppers, all except Ben, the oldest of the flock, were taking a “breathing spell” as their mother called it, which meant some quiet work suitable for the hour. The “breathing spell” was all they could remember, however, poor things; for times were always hard with them nowadays. Since their father had died when Phronsie was a baby, Mrs. Pepper had had hard work to scrape together money enough to put bread into the children’s mouths and to pay the rent of the little brown house." |
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