Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

Summary: The Five Little Peppers series was created by Margaret Sidney covering the life of five children with the surname Pepper. The Pepper children were very poor, and their widowed mother was left to raise them by herself. In order of age (descending), the children’s names were Ben (Ebaniezer), Polly (Mary), Joel, Davie, and Phronsie. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is the first book in the series. (Summary from Wikipedia)

There are two other books available in this series:

Five Little Peppers Midway by Margaret Sidney

Five Little Peppers Grown Up
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01. A Home View

02. Making Happiness for Mamsie

03. Mamsie’s Birthday

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04. Trouble for the Little Brown House

05. More Trouble

06. Hard Days for Polly

07. The Cloud over the Little Brown House

08. Joel’s Turn

09. Sunshine Again

10. A Threatened Blow

11. Safe

12. New Friends

maid Amadeo Modigliani, public domain image.  The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project.  The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft, MbH

13. Phronsie Pays a Debt of Gratitude

14. A Letter to Jasper

15. Jolly Days

16. Getting a Christmas for the Little Ones
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17. Christmas Bells!

18. Education Ahead

19. Brave Work and the Reward

20. Polly is Comforted

21. Phronsie

22. Getting Ready for Mamsie and the Boys

23. Which Treats of a Good Many Matters

24. Polly’s Dismal Morning

25. Polly’s Big Bundle

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