In the late 1930s and 40s, a series of films were made based on the books. a delightful read for both parents and children. Measles, poverty, adventures, a kidnapping, lots of humor and old fashioned values make Five Little Peppers. Phronsie, the youngest is a young lady of twenty by the time the last book ends. Like Louisa M Alcott's Little Women series, the Pepper books went on to trace the lives of the five well into adulthood, marriage and parenthood.
It followed the tradition of children's novels at the time, where a family learns to overcome hardship and triumphs in the end. This charming, if slightly dated, story was first published in 1881. A disaster leads to a chance meeting with a kind hearted philanthropist, J Horatio King, whose generosity and wealth change the lives of the Pepper family forever.
They all live together in their Little Brown House. Joel is the live wire in the family, while Davie is the quiet and reflective one. The eldest two, Ben and Polly are capable assistants to their mother. Pepper, or Mamsie, as the children call her, is the person who keeps her brood together and inculcates the values of sincerity, honesty, humility and hard work in them. She loves dolls and is a kind hearted little girl, always willing to sympathize with anyone in need. When the series begins, the youngest, Phronsie, or Sophronia, is a baby of three, and is doted upon by the entire clan. In this first book, we find the young Peppers struggling with a lack of money but yet they remain cheerful and brave, working together to make life easier for the mother. Five Little Peppers and How they Grew by Margaret Sidney is the first in a series of twelve books featuring the lives of the Pepper family.
This heart-warming tale has provided hours of entertainment to generations of children and parents. Young Polly takes over the reins of the household and becomes a surrogate mom to her little brothers and sister. Pepper and Ben have to work out of the house to keep the home fires burning. Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie and baby Phronsie are the five children of the late Mr.
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