Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Margaret Sidney
Read by rachelellen
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) (7 hr 3 min)
Chapters
| A Home View | 13:26 | Read by rachelellen |
| Making Happiness for Mamsie | 21:04 | Read by rachelellen |
| Mamsie’s Birthday | 11:38 | Read by rachelellen |
| Trouble for the Little Brown House | 22:10 | Read by rachelellen |
| More Trouble | 15:59 | Read by rachelellen |
| Hard Days for Polly | 21:45 | Read by rachelellen |
| The Cloud over the Little Brown House | 9:11 | Read by rachelellen |
| Joel’s Turn | 7:44 | Read by rachelellen |
| Sunshine Again | 18:06 | Read by rachelellen |
| A Threatened Blow | 7:37 | Read by rachelellen |
| Safe | 4:52 | Read by rachelellen |
| New Friends | 25:37 | Read by rachelellen |
| Phronsie Pays a Debt of Gratitude | 7:21 | Read by rachelellen |
| A Letter to Jasper | 20:09 | Read by rachelellen |
| Jolly Days | 19:11 | Read by rachelellen |
| Getting a Christmas for the Little Ones | 18:38 | Read by rachelellen |
| Christmas Bells! | 17:49 | Read by rachelellen |
| Education Ahead | 23:22 | Read by rachelellen |
| Brave Work and the Reward | 6:39 | Read by rachelellen |
| Polly is Comforted | 11:57 | Read by rachelellen |
| Phronsie | 20:41 | Read by rachelellen |
| Getting Ready for Mamsie and the Boys | 28:49 | Read by rachelellen |
| Which Treats of a Good Many Matters | 27:23 | Read by rachelellen |
| Polly’s Dismal Morning | 10:49 | Read by rachelellen |
| Polly’s Big Bundle | 31:47 | Read by rachelellen |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
Awesome. I listened to it 24 times
very nice reading
A LibriVox Listener
A good, wholesome book, read well
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Junie May Hobbs
Fun, sweet story
Clover
Lovely book and an incredible reader - she brings all the characters to life with their own distinctive voices, and reads with so much energy. The reading makes the story far more enjoyable than it would be otherwise - and it's a great story in itself! :)
Well read.
McWiggle
Although description doesn't say, first in this quaint series.
it's a very good book and I love the reader
A LibriVox Listener
one of my favorite old-fashioned stories
Dawn Schanz
The reader did a wonderful job. This story about a family coming together in hard times and loving each other during every second of it has always been one of my favorites. A classic.
well read
Rivka D
excellent reader. I had forgotten how much this is a "period piece"; family is poor but happy, they don't have quite enough food but the little girl has plump little hands. wishful thinking by someone who has never experienced true want, but very typical of literature of that time.