Summary: The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy — but not common sense. The general formula is that the family tries to solve some problem in an appealingly roundabout way, fails, and is eventually rescued by “the wise old lady from Philadelphia” who always cuts the Gordian knot with some effective but prosaic solution. The charm of the story is not in the plot, but in the telling, with the building up of layers of complication, and the affectionate fun poked at the not-quite-cartoonish characters. The “wise old lady’s” solution is usually obvious to the reader, or even the young listener, from the start. (From Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 4 hours, 24 minutes
Chapter 00-01 – Preface/The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee
Chapter 05-06 – The Peterkins at Home/Why the Peterkins Had a Late Dinner
Chapter 07-08 – The Peterkin’s Summer Journey/The Peterkins Snowed Up
Chapter 09-10 – The Peterkins Decide to Keep a Cow / The Peterkins’ Christmas-Tree
Chapter 11-12 – The Peterkins’ Tea Party / The Peterkins Too Late For the Exhibition
Chapter 13-14 13 The Peterkins Celebrate the “Fourth” / The Peterkins’ Picnic
Chapter 15-16 The Peterkins’ Charades / The Peterkins are Obliged to Move
Chapter 17-18 The Peterkins Decide to Learn the Languages / Modern
Chapter 19-20 Agamemnon’s Career / The Educational Breakfast
Chapter 21 – The Peterkins at the Carnival of Authors in Boston