Mrs. Pepperpot (, translation: the teaspoon lady) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by the Norwegian author Alf Prøysen. The first book in the series was printed in 1956 in Sweden and in Norway from 1957.

Plot

The main character, Mrs. Pepperpot, is a little old lady who lives in a cottage in the countryside together with her husband, Mr. Pepperpot. Mrs. Pepperpot has a secret – she occasionally shrinks to the size of a pepperpot, but nevertheless always manages to cope with the tricky situations that she encounters, at least partially thanks to the fact that upon shrinking she also gains the ability to understand and talk to all animals.

Adaptations

In 1967 and 1976, it was the choice for the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar. In Swedish the character is called Teskedsgumman, which is a direct translation from Norwegian. A Japanese anime television series adaptation of "Mrs. Pepperpot" called Spoon Oba-san was produced by Studio Pierrot in the 1980s.