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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew | Margaret Sidney
18 posts | 26 read | 4 to read
The widowed Mrs. Pepper faces trouble with the help of her jolly little Peppers in this heartwarming classic, in which courage and good cheer overcome poverty and misfortune.
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Teresereading
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A favourite when I was a child. I think only read it as a Readers Digest edition though.
Spotted at the lovely Hollyhock House LA.

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Eggs
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TheLudicReader I remember these books! 2y
Singout Me too! 2y
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Eggs
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Obsessed with The Peppers as a young reader!!

#spice #beginswith @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

KathyWheeler I was too. 😊 3y
Julsmarshall I loved those books! Read them to my kiddos too when they were young 🥰 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 3y
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mrsmarch
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#HappinessIs ... a little red dog 🐕 going on an adventure to Authors‘ Ridge at Sleepy Hollow in Concord MA. Annual anti-Black Friday #optout pilgrimage to the graves of H.D. Thoreau, the Emersons, Alcott, and DAR Harriet Lothrop — aka Margaret Sidney, author of “The Five Little Peppers.”

Bookzombie What a great #optout choice! 💕🐶 5y
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Centique
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#timbittunes #startedfromthebottom

I was obsessed with this book as a kid - written in 1881 it‘s the story of a widow and her five children living in poverty. It emphasises the values of family and hard work and honesty etc as a good nineteenth century children‘s book tended to do! There‘s a kind of rescue from poverty along the way but it‘s the first in a series so I‘m not sure if that‘s the end of the story 😊

Becker ❤️nostalgia- I loved it too❤️ 6y
theresidentromantic I loved this book!! I found I'd put it on a pedestal as a kid and found it hard to reread, but it's Definite treasure, especially how they care for their sister! 6y
Eggs Loved it too, read it many times 6y
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rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen @LeahBergen I read this book over and over as a kid. My mom bought me a lovely vintage set of (almost) the whole series, but Im embarrassed to confess I haven‘t read them yet. Z😊 6y
Cinfhen As long as you‘re enjoying owning them @rubyslippersreads that counts too❤️❤️ 6y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen I read this one as a kid but never read any of the sequels, either. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
Centique @rubyslippersreads ohhh it sounds beautiful though! 😍 Mine fell apart and i made it a cardboard cover - the complete opposite! 6y
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jillrhudy
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Pickpick

Too sweet for words, like “Heidi” or “The Secret Garden.” #childrensliterature #childrensclassics

Aimeesue I still have a copy of an abridged illustrated storybook of this one that my grandmother gave me when I was a wee tot. I didn‘t realize until a couple years ago that it was only part of a much longer story. 6y
jillrhudy @Aimeesue I had no idea! This edition is lovely and going to my niece. 6y
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MrBook
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Harriet is the author of the Five Peppers books. She's also a maaajor figure in Concord's literary heritage preservation!

#NewEngland

Djspens Wow that's a blast from the past. I loved the Five Peppers books. Might have to introduce my grandkids to the Peppers 😃 6y
BibliOphelia I ❤️ the Peppers!! 6y
Eggs 💖💖 Five Little Peppers 6y
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MrBook
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Margaret Sidney lived here at The Wayside! The guide says her books were the very popular Harry Potters of her day. 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This room dates back to the 1710s.

#NewEngland

Chrissyreadit The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is one of my all time favorite books. 6y
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JenaJenkins
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1. Oldest
2. I‘ve wished for fewer siblings sometimes, but only when they are annoying me, lol.
3. 5
4. The Weasley kids, the Boxcar children
5. Well I know @VanChocStrawberry is a match!

#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

VanChocStrawberry Woot! Yay! 7y
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amber_ldsmom
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I was so excited to find the tagged book at a library sale. The illustrations are adorbs!
#numbers #hopintospring

vkois88 Sounds so cute! Thank you for sharing! 💗 7y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘ve not heard of it, sounds like a charming read 7y
Eggs Some great finds! 7y
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smilingshelves
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Apparently I'm only going to post every three days, when I get a chance to scour my bookshelves. 😀 #novemberbythenumbers

@Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

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Eggs
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#novemberbythenumbers

One of my childhood favorites

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merelybookish
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I've read a fair amount of classic children's literature but not this one about the Pepper #siblings.
#awesomeautumnbooks @Jess7

KimHM This was one of my favorites when I was a kid! 📚❤️ 7y
Emory I'd almost forgotten about this book! 7y
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CocoReads
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Somewhere along the line, I quit stuffing the peppers and chopping them up into the filling instead. I give you unstuffed peppers. Threw some extra turkey in with the rice to give it more protein.

hermyknee And I bet it is just as amazing! 7y
CocoReads @hermyknee it's pretty tasty! 7y
Bklover Looks yummy! 7y
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JacqMac Lol Yesterday I made kabobs, but I didn't put them on the sticks. Just tossed it all on a pan. That looks delicious! 7y
CocoReads @JacqMac that sounds like something I would do too! 7y
Jinjer OMG that is brilliant! Why did I never think of that? I always hated the soggy pepper and begged my mom to cook them in whatever way she did it where they ended up al dente! 7y
Jinjer PS we will be having this SOON thanks to your hack! 7y
CocoReads @Jinjer this one is super easy too. Ground turkey, rice pilaf mix, I cut up about 4 peppers for this one, used onion powder, garlic powder, and mrs dash herb and garlic seasoning (about a teaspoon of each), a small can of pizza sauce, and I chopped up some provolone cheese to melt in with it. I made the rice separate and sautéed the rest together, adding the sauce and cheese and rice to the burger mix 7y
CocoReads Easy, relatively quick and it's totally open to mixing whatever you've got to cater to your familiy's taste. 7y
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Lcsmcat
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My husband read these as a child. I didn't read them until I read them to our kids. #pepper #90sinJuly @Robothugs @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Love your book cover 7y
Robothugs I've never heard of these! I agree with @Cinfhen 7y
Lcsmcat @Cinfhen and @Robothugs It's part of a set of "Junior Classics" that were my husband's . 7y
DebinHawaii We had these exact same Junior Classics growing up and I loved The Five Little Peppers. 😀 Great pick! 📚💜💜💜 7y
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dariazeoli
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It's highly likely I read this book as a child. It's highly unlikely I can tell you anything about it without Google! 😬

#pepper
#90sinjuly

Robothugs I feel that way about most books I've read as a child. I know I read that, but... 😅 7y
Cinfhen I only remember my Judy Blume's & V.C. Andrews 😬 7y
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Smangela I forgot about this book!! 7y
DebinHawaii Loved this book growing up! 📚💜 7y
dariazeoli @Robothugs For me, the same applies as an adult more often than I'd like 😁 7y
dariazeoli @Cinfhen Hard to forget that attic 😬 7y
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howjessicareads
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And the kid edition. 🙂 #startswithF #springflingreading

Chelleo My boys have that same animal book 😀 8y
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Julsmarshall
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My #riotgrams #rainbowbookstack isn't really a stack. I was gifted this sweet collection of children's classics by my grandparents many years ago. It has made every move with me and remains a favorite gift. I especially love the 5 Little Peppers and How they Grew and read it to my children 😄

DreesReads I have this exact same collection!! 8y
Megabooks Lovely! 8y
Betty Loved this series! 8y
Redjewel_7734 5 Little Peppers is so fun! 8y
elkeOriginal OMG - I had those too! Not sure what happened to them though... 8y
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