The Adventures of Joel Pepper
Margaret Sidney
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The Peppers are a family of three boys, two girls, and Mamsie. They are poor, living in their "Little Brown House", but they always manage to be happy. This book comprises the adventures of Joel, the middle Pepper child and the most mischievous. Among other things, Joel encounters a snake, a thief, and a nail pile; puts on a circus; rides on a stagecoach; and gets into a fight on Strawberry Hill! (Summary by Rachel) (8 hr 29 min)
Chapters
| Joel and the Snake | 27:50 | Read by Carol Eades King |
| What Dave Heard | 20:37 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Deacon Brown's Nail Pile | 15:04 | Read by Carol Eades King |
| The Muffin Man and the Tramp | 11:55 | Read by Stacey Chambers |
| On Bandy Leg Mountain | 18:48 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Ab'm's Birthday Party | 29:38 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Joel Goes A-Fishing | 19:01 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Why They Said No | 23:27 | Read by Bridget Gaige |
| The Bag of Rye Flour | 14:08 | Read by Bridget Gaige |
| Mamsie's Surprise | 15:44 | Read by Bridget Gaige |
| Dr. Fisher's Visit | 20:56 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| At Grandma Bascom's | 13:56 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Passengers for the Boxford Stage | 23:14 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Deacon Blodgett's Bonfire | 17:30 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| Old Man Peters' Cent | 17:06 | Read by Elijah Fisher |
| The Stage-Coach Ride | 26:20 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Fight at Strawberry Hill | 19:20 | Read by Rachel |
| In the Little Brown House | 12:50 | Read by Rachel |
| Circus Plans | 13:33 | Read by Donald Cummings |
| Circus or Menangerie? | 13:56 | Read by Mike Justice |
| Joel's Circus | 16:52 | Read by Mike Justice |
| The Minister's Chickens | 21:24 | Read by Mike Justice |
| The Blackberries and the Bull | 19:01 | Read by Mike Justice |
| How Joel Started the Fire | 23:58 | Read by KHand |
| Joel Sells Shoes for Mr. Beebe | 23:59 | Read by KHand |
| Miss Parrott's Coach and the Coasting | 11:51 | Read by Stacey Chambers |
| Princes and Princesses | 17:44 | Read by Stacey Chambers |
Reviews
💛 love it
Rosie 🦄
I like this book and the reading is great except E. Fisher is bad reader 😒. But great book.
A LibriVox Listener
The book is good but it's quite difficult to follow along with some of the readers! Please rerecord!
sammm
Some of the chapters are painful to listen to
E. Fisher is a very bad reader. She has a weird humming in the background in th…
A LibriVox Listener
Great book good job
Piper Casey
at first e Fisher wasn't the best reader, but soon he got more into it and read better ,I would recommend it for anyone who likes the five little pepper series. ignore all the other comments!
the book is a great read.
A LibriVox Listener
l haven't heard it yet but it sounds so much like Jo! love it 😂
A LibriVox Listener