Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney, Fiction, Family, Action & Adventure 7+

🔖 "Shan't we ever have anything else to eat, Polly?" asks the child, gravely."Oh, yes," says Polly, cheerfully. "Lots and lots -- when our ship comes in!""What'll it be?" asks Phronsie, in the greatest delight, prepared for anything."Oh, I don't know," says Polly. "Ice cream, for one thing!"The little Peppers dream on -- cake, ice cream . . . with pink frosting! As they learn, however, sometimes things must get worse before they get better.In the Five Little Peppers series, Margaret Sidney (1880-1916) wrote some of the most beloved children's novels ever published.