THE FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS SERIES
By Margaret Sidney (pseudonym of Harriet Stone Lothrop)

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"When I used to ask my mother which we were, rich or poor, she refused to tell me. I was then nine years old and of course what I was dying to hear was that we were poor. I was reading a book called Five Little Peppers and my heart was set on baking a cake for my mother in a stove with a hole in it. Some version of rich, crusty old Mr. King -- up till that time not living on our street -- was sure to come down the hill in his wheelchair and rescue me if anything went wrong. But before I could start a cake at all I had to find out if we were poor, and poor enough; and my mother wouldn't tell me, she said she was too busy. I couldn't wait too long; I had to go on reading and soon Polly Pepper got into more trouble, some that was a little harder on her and easier on me."
  -- from "A Sweet Devouring", by Eudora Welty.

Series order, publishing information, and virtually all of the other information on this page comes courtesy of collector Thomas Duffy. Illustrator info is missing for a couple of volumes, and the publication history may not be absolutely complete.

 

 

  1. THE FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW --"A fatherless family in the 19th century, happy in spite of its impoverishment, is befriended by a very rich gentleman." -- Copyright 1881 and 1909 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1930 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1936 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Lothrop Publishing Company. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer. Read it online!

  2. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS MIDWAY --   A Sequel to Five Little Peppers and How They Grew -- "Even their snooty cousin's coming to stay can't ruin the Pepper children's joy in their mother's wedding." -- Copyright 1890  and 1893 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1918 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Lothrop Publishing Company. Illustrated by W. L. Taylor. There is also an early edition illustrated by Hermann Heyer.

  3. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS GROWN UP -- A Sequel to Five Little Peppers Midway -- "As the Five Little Peppers grow up, Polly Pepper finds romance while giving piano lessons to help support the family." -- - Copyright 1892. D. Lothrop Company. Illustrated by Herman Heyer, later editions by L. Mente.


  4.  PHRONSIE PEPPER -- The Youngest of the "Five Little Peppers" - Copyright 1897 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1925 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1937 by Houghton Mifflin Co.. Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Co. Illustrated by Jessie McDermott.

  5. THE STORIES POLLY PEPPER TOLD to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House -- Copyright 1899 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1927 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Co. Illustrated by Jessie McDermott and Etheldred B. Barry. This is also been republished as Polly Pepper's Book.

  6. THE ADVENTURES OF JOEL PEPPER -- "Young Joel Pepper has a knack for the most interesting escapades including forming his own circus." -- Copyright 1900 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1928 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Published by Lothrop Publishing Company. Illustrated by Sears Gallagher.

  7. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD -- illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory. - Copyright 1902 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1930 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1937 by Houghton Mifflin Co.  A second edition may have come out in 1930. There is a 'Preface to the Second Edition' in the 1937 Houghton-Mifflin edition.

  8. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT SCHOOL  -- illustrated by Hermann Heyer. Copyright 1903 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1931 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1937 by Houghton Mifflin Co.

  9. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS -- Copyright 1904 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1932 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1937 by Houghton Mifflin Co.

  10. BEN PEPPER -- Copyright 1905 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1933 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1937 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Co. Illustrated by Eugenie M. Wireman..

  11. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE -- Copyright 1907 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Copyright 1935 by Margaret M. Lothrop. Copyright 1937 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Co. in August 1907. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer.

  12. OUR DAVIE PEPPER  --  Copyright 1916 by Lothrop Publishing Co. Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Co. in August 1916. Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens
 

 

 

 

 

 

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