Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

$11.95

Publication Date: 27th October 2006

Times are tough around the little brown house! The widowed Mrs. Pepper has to sew all day long just to earn enough to pay the rent and to feed the five growing Peppers. But she faces poverty and trouble with a stout heart, a smiling face, and the help of her jolly brood: blue-eyed Ben, the eldest and the man of the house at the age of 11; pretty Polly, so eager to cook for the family and make everyone happy and comfortable; and the three littlest Peppers, Joel, Davie, and baby Phronsie.
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Times are tough around the little brown house! The widowed Mrs. Pepper has to sew all day long just to earn enough to pay the rent and to feed the five growing Peppers. But she faces poverty and trouble with a stout heart, a smiling face, and the help of her jolly brood: blue-eyed Ben, the eldest and the man of the house at the age of 11; pretty Polly, so eager to cook for the family and make everyone happy and comfortable; and the three littlest Peppers, Joel, Davie, and baby Phronsie.
A favorite of children, parents, and teachers for generations, this heartwarming classic first appe... Read More
Description
Times are tough around the little brown house! The widowed Mrs. Pepper has to sew all day long just to earn enough to pay the rent and to feed the five growing Peppers. But she faces poverty and trouble with a stout heart, a smiling face, and the help of her jolly brood: blue-eyed Ben, the eldest and the man of the house at the age of 11; pretty Polly, so eager to cook for the family and make everyone happy and comfortable; and the three littlest Peppers, Joel, Davie, and baby Phronsie.
A favorite of children, parents, and teachers for generations, this heartwarming classic first appeared in 1880. Since then, it has inspired countless young imaginations with its tender tales of the ways in which courage and good cheer can overcome adversity.

Reprint of the D. Lothrop and Company, Boston, 1880 edition.
Details
  • Price: $11.95
  • Pages: 224
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Children's Classics
  • Publication Date: 27th October 2006
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • Illustration Note: 0
  • ISBN: 9780486452678
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age: 8-11
  • BISACs:
    JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
    JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
Table of Contents
I. A Home View
II. Making Happiness for Mamsie
III. Mamsie s Birthday
IV. Trouble for the Little Brown House
V. More Trouble
VI. Hard Days for Polly
VII. The Cloud Over the Little Brown House
VIII. Joel's Turn
IX. Sunshine Again
X. A Threatened Blow
XI. Safe
XII. New Friends
XIII. Phronsie pays a Debt of Gratitude
XIV. A Letter to Jasper
XV. Jolly Days
XVI. Getting a Christmas for the Little Ones
XVII. Christmas Bells!
XVIII. Education Ahead
XIX. Brave Work, and the Reward
XX. Polly is Comforted
XXI. Phronsie
XXII. Getting Ready for Mamsie and the Boys
XXIII. Which Treats of a Good Many Matters
XXIV. Polly's Dismal Morning
XXV. Polly's Big Bundle
Times are tough around the little brown house! The widowed Mrs. Pepper has to sew all day long just to earn enough to pay the rent and to feed the five growing Peppers. But she faces poverty and trouble with a stout heart, a smiling face, and the help of her jolly brood: blue-eyed Ben, the eldest and the man of the house at the age of 11; pretty Polly, so eager to cook for the family and make everyone happy and comfortable; and the three littlest Peppers, Joel, Davie, and baby Phronsie.
A favorite of children, parents, and teachers for generations, this heartwarming classic first appeared in 1880. Since then, it has inspired countless young imaginations with its tender tales of the ways in which courage and good cheer can overcome adversity.

Reprint of the D. Lothrop and Company, Boston, 1880 edition.
  • Price: $11.95
  • Pages: 224
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Children's Classics
  • Publication Date: 27th October 2006
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • Illustrations Note: 0
  • ISBN: 9780486452678
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age: 8-11
  • BISACs:
    JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
    JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
I. A Home View
II. Making Happiness for Mamsie
III. Mamsie s Birthday
IV. Trouble for the Little Brown House
V. More Trouble
VI. Hard Days for Polly
VII. The Cloud Over the Little Brown House
VIII. Joel's Turn
IX. Sunshine Again
X. A Threatened Blow
XI. Safe
XII. New Friends
XIII. Phronsie pays a Debt of Gratitude
XIV. A Letter to Jasper
XV. Jolly Days
XVI. Getting a Christmas for the Little Ones
XVII. Christmas Bells!
XVIII. Education Ahead
XIX. Brave Work, and the Reward
XX. Polly is Comforted
XXI. Phronsie
XXII. Getting Ready for Mamsie and the Boys
XXIII. Which Treats of a Good Many Matters
XXIV. Polly's Dismal Morning
XXV. Polly's Big Bundle