Mrs Pepperpot Minds the Baby


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When Mrs. Pepperpot shrinks as she is babysitting and becomes much smaller than the baby, she has to figure out how to maintain order and keep the baby and herself safe.




Mrs Pepperpot Stories


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Life isn't always easy for Mrs Pepperpot. She never knows quite what size she's going to be from one moment to the next, and shrinking to the size of a pepperpot can have some unfortunate, hilarious and hair-raising results! Mrs Pepperpot, that tiny, feis




Mrs Pepperpot Again


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Adventures of a woman who, at the most inconvenient moments, shrinks to the size of a pepperpot.




Little Old Mrs Pepperpot


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Whoever heard of an old woman becoming queen of the crows? Or riding through the snow on the back of a cat? Or tricking a mouse into cleaning her house? Well, with the amazing Mrs Pepperpot, anything can happen - and usually does - especially when she can shrink to a few inches high without a moment's notice! But being so small can have its advantages, especially when it means you can also talk to the animals . . . These classic stories about the much-loved Mrs Pepperpot hold a timeless magic for young children everywhere.




As Flies to Whatless Boys


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In 1845, British engineer John Adolphus Etzler invented machines to transform the division of labour and sent Londoners to form a utopian community in Trinidad. One recruit is a young boy, Willy, who helps build the society's future home in a remote swamp. Far from realising Etzler's dream of paradise, most are stricken with the 'Black Vomit'. Willy and his father make a final attempt to fix a wrecked boat, but Willy's father falls ill and dies. Willy must decide whether return home with Marguerite, who he loves, or become the head of his family in their new home.




Mrs Pepperpot Learns to Swim


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Just as Mrs Pepperpot jumps into the pool, she shrinks! What a disaster, now the water seems like an ocean to the tiny Mrs P. Thank goodness for the friendly frog who pops up to save the day.




Black Forest Village Stories


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Jack and Jill


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From the author of Little Women: An American classic of young best friends in a rustic New England town. In post–Civil War New England, thirteen-year-old Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are inseparable best friends who live next door to each other in the town of Harmony Village. The pair does everything together—so much so that Janey is nicknamed “Jill” to fit the old children’s rhyme. One winter day, the friends share a sled down a treacherous hill and both end up injured and bedridden. Unable to go out and have fun, Jack, Jill, and their circle of friends begin to learn about more than the fun and games of their youth and discover what it means to grow up—exploring their town, their hearts, and the big, wide world beyond for the first time. This charming, wistful coming-of-age tale, written twelve years after Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women, examines the strange, tempestuous changes of adolescence with homespun heart and worldly wisdom.




Mrs Pepperpot and the Treasure


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Mrs Pepperpot has an adventure with her cat who shows her hidden treasure which turn out to be a litter of kittens.




The Conduct of Life


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