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Margaret Sidney
1844–1924
Best remembered as the creator of the beloved Five Little Peppers books, this American writer built a long career telling lively, warmhearted stories for young readers. Writing under the pen name Margaret Sidney, she also helped preserve literary history through her work connected to The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts.
14 Audiobooks
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
Ben Pepper
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Midway
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Grown Up
by Margaret Sidney
The Adventures of Joel Pepper
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers at School
by Margaret Sidney
Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Abroad
by Margaret Sidney
The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers and their Friends
by Margaret Sidney
Phronsie Pepper : The youngest of the "Five Little Peppers"
by Margaret Sidney
Our Davie Pepper
by Margaret Sidney
Ballad of the Lost Hare
by Margaret Sidney
About the author
Born Harriett Mulford Stone in New Haven, Connecticut, she later became Harriett Lothrop and wrote under the name Margaret Sidney. She began publishing fiction for children in the late 19th century, and her stories quickly found a wide audience.
Her best-known work is the Five Little Peppers series, which grew out of stories first published in a magazine before becoming popular books. The series' mix of family affection, humor, and everyday struggles made it a favorite with generations of young readers.
Beyond her fiction, she was active in literary and historical work. She and her husband were associated with The Wayside, the Concord home linked to Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney herself, and she wrote books that helped keep those connections alive for later readers.