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Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics) (original 1948; edition 2019)

by Frank B. Gilbreth (Author), Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (Author)

Series: Gilbreth Family (1)

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A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children. No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. Finally there's Mother, his partner in everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades as forgetting Frank Jr. in a roadside restaurant or going on a first date with Dad in the backseat or having their tonsils removed en masse will keep you in stitches. You can be sure they're not only cheaper; they're funnier by the dozen.… (more)
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Title:Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics)
Authors:Frank B. Gilbreth (Author)
Other authors:Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (Author)
Info:Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2019), Edition: Reprint, 224 pages
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Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (1948)

  1. 40
    Life with Father / Life with Mother by Clarence Day (atimco)
    atimco: Funny family stories with a larger-than-life father, fun mother, and redheaded kids.
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    Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Jane Lancaster (infiniteletters)
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    Time Out for Happiness by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (kathleen.morrow)
    kathleen.morrow: Also by Frank Gilbreth - a slightly more serious look at the Gilbreth family - particularly at Frank Sr. and Lillie before they started their family and at Lillie's successful struggles to support the family after Frank's death.
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    Eight Is Enough by Tom Braden (infiniteletters)
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  ASSG.Library | Nov 21, 2023 |
One of my favorite books of all time. ( )
  blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |
A teacher read this to us in, probably, the fifth grade. I might have reread it later on my own. It might have been the first grown-up book I was exposed to. ( )
  mykl-s | Apr 23, 2023 |
This was just fun. I remember watching the old, old movie as a child, and the book had me laughing out loud just like the movie did. ( )
  CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |
Fun, loving remembrances of a father who liked to live large. ( )
  fuzzipueo | Apr 24, 2022 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Gilbreth Jr., Frank B.primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carey, Ernestine Gilbrethmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Gilbreth, Frank B.main authorall editionsconfirmed
Bengtström, DorisIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ivey, DanaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
McKay, DonaldIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rademacher, SusannaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wulff, JürgenCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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To Dad, who only reared twelve children and To Mother, who reared twelve only children.
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Dad was a tall man, with a large head, jowls, and a Herbert Hoover collar.
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A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children. No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. Finally there's Mother, his partner in everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades as forgetting Frank Jr. in a roadside restaurant or going on a first date with Dad in the backseat or having their tonsils removed en masse will keep you in stitches. You can be sure they're not only cheaper; they're funnier by the dozen.

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