Cloud Cuckoolander: Phronsie has frequent bouts of whimsy, even as an adult.Big Friendly Dog: Prince is aptly named.Elyot King does have the instinct to protect his sister Barby, but often only when his (same-age) uncle King picks on her. Jasper also acts this way towards both the Peppers and the Whitneys, despite not being brother to either group. Big Brother Instinct: Ben is very aware of his responsibility to his siblings.As the Good Book Says.: Margaret Sidney is not afraid to espouse her Christian views through the words of her characters.
įive Little Peppers contains examples of: Most of the books are available on Project Gutenberg (sorted alphabetically) here. The wikepedia page for the series can be found here.
More of a loose adaptation (about a 2 on the Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification), Columbia Pictures nonetheless made four films for the series. The films star Edith Fellows as Polly, there promoted to eldest sibling. The books are the basis for a series of films by Columbia Pictures released in 1939/1940. Episodic in style, the books cover such topics as poverty, friendship, disease, and change as experienced by a poor family in late-nineteenth century America.
The series covers the Peppers' lives from small childhood up to the womanhood of the youngest Phronsie. Written by Margaret Sidney starting in 1881, the Five Little Peppers series chronicles the lives of five siblings named Pepper as they age over a dozen books.
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