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Five Little Peppers Books in Order

Five Little Peppers by Margaret Sidney contains 12 books, published between 1881 and 1916. The first book is Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881) and the newest is Our Davie Pepper (1916). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1881–1916
Pages on record
1,474 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,474 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Twelve Five Little Peppers books are catalogued, published between 1881 and 1916 by the American author Margaret Sidney. The series follows five siblings through childhood in their home state, and their fortunes turn when a wealthy gentleman takes an interest in the family. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881) opens the run; later volumes give individual children a book of their own, among them The Adventures of Joel Pepper (1900), Ben Pepper (1905) and Our Davie Pepper (1916). Family life, poverty, schools and single-parent households are the recurring subjects.

How many Five Little Peppers books are there?

Five Little Peppers has 12 books, released between 1881 and 1916.

Five Little Peppers Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Five Little Peppers books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney, book 1 of the Five Little Peppers series (1881)
  2. Cover of Five Little Peppers Midway by Margaret Sidney, book 2 of the Five Little Peppers series (1890)
  3. Cover of Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Margaret Sidney, book 3 of the Five Little Peppers series (1892)
  4. Cover of The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney, book 6 of the Five Little Peppers series (1900)
  5. Cover of Five Little Peppers Abroad by Margaret Sidney, book 7 of the Five Little Peppers series (1902)
  6. Cover of Five Little Peppers at School by Margaret Sidney, book 8 of the Five Little Peppers series (1903)
  7. Cover of Five Little Peppers and Their Friends by Margaret Sidney, book 9 of the Five Little Peppers series (1904)
  8. Cover of Ben Pepper by Margaret Sidney, book 10 of the Five Little Peppers series (1905)
  1. 1
    Five Little Peppers and How They Grew1881 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1881352
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  2. 2
    Five Little Peppers Midway1890 · confirmed 2/4
    1890–
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  3. 3
    Five Little Peppers Grown Up1892 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1892236
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  4. 4
    Phronise Pepper1897 · confirmed 2/4
    1897–
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  5. 5
    The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House1899 · confirmed 2/4
    1899–
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  6. 6
    The Adventures of Joel Pepper1900 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1900234
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  7. 7
    Five Little Peppers Abroad1902 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1902236
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  8. 8
    Five Little Peppers at School1903 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1903208
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  9. 9
    Five Little Peppers and Their Friends1904 · confirmed 2/4
    1904–
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  10. 10
    Ben Pepper1905 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1905208
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  11. 11
    The Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House1907 · confirmed 2/4
    1907–
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  12. 12
    Our Davie Pepper1916 · confirmed 2/4
    1916–
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Is there a chronological order for Five Little Peppers?

No separate chronological order is on record for Five Little Peppers, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Five Little Peppers books in order?

You should read the Five Little Peppers books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Five Little Peppers book also stands alone.

Where to start with Five Little Peppers

Start with Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Five Little Peppers book?

Our Davie Pepper (1916) is the newest Five Little Peppers book released so far.

Is there a new Five Little Peppers book coming?

No next Five Little Peppers book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Five Little Peppers at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Five Little Peppers title on record dates from 1916, 110 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Five Little Peppers books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,474 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 235 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Five Little Peppers books, 6 of 12, were published in the 1900s.

What the Five Little Peppers books are about

6 of the 12 Five Little Peppers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Margaret Sidney

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.