What it’s about (from Goodreads):

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew was originally serialized in an 1880 edition of Wide Awake, a children's magazine. The publisher of the magazine, Daniel Lothrop, loved the Pepper stories so much that he published a hard-cover edition of the story -- and married the author in 1881.

Our thoughts:

When I was in kindergarten, I remember being one of the last students to know my alphabet letters. Philip, a neighborhood boy, was assigned the task of helping me to learn them. Once I learned to read there was no stopping me. My Mother claims that I wrote my name in every book in the house because I wanted them to all be mine. Personally, I think it has something to do with growing up in a large family.

My favorite book was The Five Little Peppers by Margaret Sidney.  I wanted to live in the little brown house along with Polly, Ben, Joel, Davie, Phronsie and their Mamsie.  I read that book so many times that it started to fall apart.

This year for Mother's Day, Kate gifted me with a copy of The Five Little Peppers that she found at a book sale. I never realized that the book I owned was an abbreviated children's version (which, may I add, I still have and still treasure). I finally got to read the full story and I loved it at much as I did as a child. If you are looking for a feel good, adventurous, chapter book that you can share with a child, this is definitely one to consider.

We would recommend this to:


Children, parents who want a great book to read to their kids, anyone feeling nostalgic for their childhood