Five Little Peppers and How They Grew - Couverture souple

Sidney, Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0694012882 ISBN 13 : 9780694012886

Editeur : HarperCollins Children's Books, 1999

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone (1844–1924). Harriett Mulford Stone was born in New Haven, Connecticut. in 1844. In 1878, at the age of 34, she began sending short stories to Wide Awake, a children's magazine in Boston. Two of her stories, "Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie" and "Phronsie Pepper's New Shoes", proved to be very popular with readers. Daniel Lothrop, the editor of the magazine, requested that Stone write more. The success of Harriett's short stories prompted her to write the now-famous Five Little Peppers series. This series was first published in 1881, the year that Stone married Daniel Lothrop. Daniel had founded the D. Lothrop Company of Boston, who published Harriett's books under her pseudonym, Margaret Sidney. Harriett and Daniel may have both had an interest in history and in famous authors. In 1883, they purchased the house in which both Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne had lived. Nicknamed The Wayside, the house is located in Concord, Massachusetts. The year after Harriett and Daniel moved into the house, Harriett gave birth to their daughter, Margaret, at the age of 40. Daniel Lothrop died on Friday, March 18, 1892, when Harriett was 48 and their daughter was just 9 years old. There was a gap in the release of the Five Little Peppers books from 1892 to 1897, while Harriett continued to run the publishing company Daniel founded. Eventually, she sold the company, which later became Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. It continued to publish Harriett's books under the Margaret Sidney name when Harriett resumed writing the Five Little Peppers series. Harriett eventually wrote over 30 books; in addition to the Five Little Peppers series she wrote a number of books on patriotic themes, including A Little Maid of Concord Town and A Little Maid of Boston. She died at the age of 80.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew tells how the Peppers live, learn, and play in their little brown house. They are poor, and Mamsie must work constantly to keep the wolf from the door, but their lives are unexpectedly happy. They make do with whatever they have and the older children help the youngest ones. Though bad times may befall them, they bear it as best they are able and make the most of the good.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0694012882
• ISBN 13: 9780694012886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible