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Summary: CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Review: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET,MY ADVICE IS YOU NEED TO.
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Summary: Cheaper by the Dozen
Review: I've always loved reading and first read this book when I was in elementary school. I followed it up not long after with the sequel "Belles on Their Toes", also by the Gilbreths and enjoyed that one almost as much. I've since read them as an adult and was recently reminded of these books when I found the movie one morning (Cheaper by the Dozen) and watched it. I would highly recommend both books, but for the greatest pleasure, start with "Cheaper by the Dozen" and then go on to "Belles on Their Toes". Two wonderful books!
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Summary: Great!
Review: My dad read this book to us when we were camping, and it had the whole family laughting.
Well written, it is for you if you like stories about hilarious kids.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The book Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey is a remarkable book about a family with twelve children. This book is full of memoirs from the Gilbreth family. The authors of this books are two of the children in the family, which makes the book even more interesting and exciting. The stories in the book are about the family as a whole, not just the authors Frank and Ernestine. These twelve lively kids make the book fun to read and I loved reading the variety of stories that made their lives memorable. Every child is so unique that by the end of the story, I was able to tell apart the children just by hearing what they did or what they said. I really felt that I was part of the family by the end of the book!
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Summary: Cheaper by The Dozen
Review: This book is the best book I have ever read. I own it and have read it many times. It kept me interested from the first page and you will not want to put it down. It is about a family of 12 children. Their dad is always thinking of new ways to save time and he thinks that he can teach him and his children anything. The family likes to play practical jokes on eachother and are always having a good time. This book is very interesting and never gets boring.
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Summary: Complications of a Dozen
Review: Cheaper By the Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
B.Masukawa
P. 6 Cheaper By the Dozen is about a family with twelve children by Frank B. Gilbreth and Erenstine Gilbreth Carey. The father of the dozen, is a man that's headstrong, funny, and agreeable. He is a father that is happily situated in a crowd of children. Lillie, the mother, is a strong woman that specializes in Psychology. She is the one in the household that would dry the tears, resolve arguments, and give hugs and kisses to her twelve kids. The parents are a couple that usually agrees with each other. The father gets upset at anyone that hurts his wife's feelings gets punished. Together they raised Anne, Mary, Erenstine, Martha, Frank, William, Lill, Fred, Dan, Jack, Bob, and Jane.
As the kids grow up, they became very educated by their father. Everywhere they went, he would stop and explain how the object came into being or it's significance. Mr. Gilbreth taught them how to use a typewriter, multiply two-digit numbers quickly, and skills to help study for school better. Lillie taught her children her wisdom, strength, and skills that are needed in everyone's daily lives. The family has committees with each other to discuss different matters of the family. Matters that was discussed, was getting a dog, what kind of new rug to get, and the kinds of clothes that they were allowed to wear. The dozen children always play with each other and become very close. In the end, Mr. Gilbreth dies by the fault of his heart problems that he has had for years. After his death, Lillie took her husband's job and continued to raise her family.
My favorite part of the book is when the author talks about the Jazz age. During this time, Anne asks to able to wear shorter skirts and underwear, silk stockings, bobbed hair, and pointed shoes. The father rejects this new fashion because he thinks it's wrong to have your bare knees showing and have underwear that you can see through. Anne decided to cut her hair short and resulted to make her father very upset. This is my favorite part because she stood up for what she believed in. Anne didn't so this for herself , but did it to help her younger sisters to wear the things that they wanted. In my opinion, she has been brought up well if she did something that would to upset her parents for the benefit for her siblings.
I chose this particular book because I wanted to read something that I myself would never experience. To be part of a family with twelve kids was something that I'd never be a part of. As a started to read this book, I was amazed at how the parents controlled their children. Every single child was happy, educated, and loved each other. This tale showed me the high and low points in a large family. My favorite character was the mother because even her husband died, she stood strong and continued to raise their family. Cheaper By the Dozen is a book that shows how a family endures the casualties in life, but stays together.
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Summary: Cheaper By the Dozen
Review: Cheaper by the Dozen - By Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth "Cheaper by the Dozen" is the autobiography on the Gilbreth family. What makes the Victorian-era family so remarkable is that there were twelve children, all red-headed, and more remarkably, they were born in just a seventeen year span. In the early 1900's, the future parents of the children, Frank and Lillie, married. On the honeymoon to California, Lillie asked her husband jokingly how many children they should have. The response was, "Let's sell out for a dozen. No less." The book is written by Frank Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth, but the point of view is from all the children. Life in the household was never dull by any standards. Although it would seem the children would make all the noise, it was usually Frank, who loved being with children and playing games and jokes, sometimes even more than the kids. But most of all, he was proud of his family. "How can you afford so many kids?", a stranger would ask. Frank would say, "They come cheaper by the dozen, I guess." The personality of their father kept the kids sane and well behaved throughout the years of regulations.
But it was not much longer after the oldest, Anne, had attended prom that Frank's long battle with a bad heart started catching up on him. He had known about this problem for several years, but had kept the pressure off his children. The idea of his death was so far-fetched to the minds of the 12 kids that on a sunny Saturday morning when their mother informed them Frank has passed away, it took years for the news to fully sink in. Lille Gilbreth took over the successful business of industrial engineering her husband had started upon his death. Most importantly, the family stayed together throughout the years of struggle that followed the tragedy.
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Summary: Cheaper by the Dozen
Review: Cheaper by the Dozen, written by Frank B. Gilbreth Carey, is a marvelous book. In this story the Gilbreths usually stay around the house, although sometimes they go on "field trips." The main characters are Anne, Bill, Lill, Dan, Ernestine, Jack, Mart, Bob, Jane, Frank Jr., Fred, and Martha. Anne is the oldest,then Ernestine, Martha, and so on. They all have red hair and tons of freckles.
Can you imagine having TWELVE children to look after? Mom (Lillian Gilbreth) and Dad (Frank Gilbreth) try to juggle this task. The reader would like this book because it is about a family that has a barrel of fun and adventure. The reader would also like this book because it is funny at times, but serious at the right moments. If you read Cheaper by the Dozen, you'll never regret it.
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Summary: Cheaper by the Dozen, yeah right
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is the humorous story of a mother and father, who is a motion study expert. Together they raise a dozen children. It has funny anecdotes about their real life and all the crazy things they do. The father is always testing his motion study on the kids, and what happens is always hilarious. It also tells about their maritime adventures every summer in Nantucket. Though this family goes through many scrapes and quarrels, they are resilient and always persevere.
I love this book and would recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor wishing for a funny book. This book dominates my top ten list of books.
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Summary: A FUNNY BOOK!! YOU'LL LOVE IT !!
Review: I loved this book. It is one of my favorites. There is much to be learned by seeing how this family made it through the trials of raising 12 kids. One of my favorite stories is how the dad gets the kids to learn the Morse Code during their Summer Vacation. YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK TOO. --George Stancliffe
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