BC: ej400Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, is an adorable story about five children and the daily adventures they have. A poor little Brown House holds up for the broke family, but from the smallest of routine work, to getting the measles, the peppers keep on going with their fun and expressed characters. (Summary by ej400)
Parts PL: ej400
MC: KiltedDragon
Narrator: Winnifred
Final Chapters PL: TBD
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2770
Link to colored script https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tPjYbiP5b_6stkNlwg_Qt8CrfONwwvw6?usp=drive_link
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Action & Adventure
Keywords that describe the book: fiction, adventure, children's, dramatic, kids fiction
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I would prefer 1-3 chapters at a time, but please feel free to work at your pace 