![]() 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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