A review by evaphoenix
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

3.0

Great positive social modeling (empathy, helpfulness, diligence, support of family members). Being kind and cheerful and hardworking pays off with good luck, more convincingly than Cinderella. Some sketchy handling of children toddling off with strange men--in one case, one was apparently a bad guy, but the rest (the ones who weren't Gypsies, maybe?) were fine! Archaic language, social norms, and technology may require pauses for explanation to kids.