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Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House

Polly Pepper loves to tell stories, but there just isn't enough room in the other books to include her stories! So, since "the author has received from mothers and other persons interested in the Pepper Family, so many requests for the Stories told by Polly Pepper ... this initial volume of Polly’s earlier stories has been prepared in obedience to these requests" (from the Preface). So curl up at Polly's feet, in front of the warm fire, and enjoy the Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House! - Summary by Rachel (8 hr 11 min)

Chapters

Prefatory Note, and The Little White Chicken

The Princess Esmeralda's Ball

The Story of the Circus

The Little Tin Soldiers

Christmas at the Big House

Mr. Father Kangaroo and the Fat Little Bird

The Mince-pie Boy and the Beasts

The Cunning Little Duck

The Old Tea-Kettle

The Pink and White Sticks

The Old Stage-Coach

Mr. Nutcracker; The Story that wasn't a Story

Mr. Nutcracker

The Runaway Pumpkin

The Robbers and their Bags

Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie

Phronsie Pepper's New Shoes

The Old Gray Goose

The Green Umbrella

The Green Umbrella and the Queer Little Man

The Little Snow-House

Lucy Ann's Garden

The China Mug

Brown Betty

The Silly Little Brook

Down in the Orchard