author
Margaret Sidney
1844–1924
Best known for creating the beloved Five Little Peppers books, this American writer also played an active role in publishing and literary life in New England. Her stories mixed warmth, family feeling, and everyday adventure in a way that kept young readers coming back.
12 Audiobooks
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Abroad
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Grown Up
by Margaret Sidney
The Adventures of Joel Pepper
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Midway
by Margaret Sidney
Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House
by Margaret Sidney
Ben Pepper
by Margaret Sidney
Phronsie Pepper : The youngest of the "Five Little Peppers"
by Margaret Sidney
Our Davie Pepper
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers and their Friends
by Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers at School
by Margaret Sidney
About the author
Born Harriett Mulford Stone in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1844, she wrote under the pen name Margaret Sidney. She became widely known for the Five Little Peppers series, which began in the 1880s and grew into one of her most enduring successes in children's literature.
She was also closely connected to the publishing world through her husband, Daniel Lothrop. After his death, she helped carry on his publishing business, showing that her career extended beyond writing fiction into the practical side of literary culture as well.
Later in life, she lived at The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts, a home with deep literary associations. She died in 1924, leaving behind a body of work remembered especially for its lively, affectionate picture of family life.