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Summary: Incredible!
Review: It's a fantastic book. A hilarious comedy about a family with a dozen children. You join them on Sunday rides through the country, battles in family court, summers at the sea, Father's theories on motion study, having their tonsils out, plus so much more. I loved it. Guarenteed to make you laugh and maybe cry. Kids and adults will enjoy listening to it together....
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Summary: One of the funniest family books ever
Review: I used to giggle over this book as a kid. It was a huge hit amongst my classmates, and we wore through several copies of Cheaper By the Dozen. The Gilbreth family of 12 kids, parented by efficiency experts Lillian and Frank, were a bit eccentric and very funny. I still can remember the line one of the kids rapped out to a guest at dinner "Please, we are NOT in the mood for an organ recital." This was the standard reprimand for belching in the family and never intended for public airing. The Gilbreths were actually serious innovators of efficiency for the new factory assembly lines, figuring out the number of movements needed to complete a task and establishing a unit of work movement called the Therblig. They were also warm, funny, loving parents and their story is a good one to read out loud to kids, who invariably love this book.
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Summary: If you think your family life is crazy, think again!
Review: I can't imagine living with twelve brothers and sisters and getting along! Actually, I wouldn't call it getting along, I would call it survival! It is about a family of fourteen who learn how to live and work with each other. They go through things together including getting their tonsils removed and much more. It starts out with the parents getting married and having their first child together a year after the wedding. The book talks about every day living with each other, dealing with each other, and growing together. they visit relatives in California and Oregon and play dirty tricks on them! They also go to Nantucket and learn how to swim, do the Morse code, and learn astronomy. The book is also sad and touching. They lose their father and almost lose their brother. It is a very readable book and i recommend it to any reader
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Summary: If you think your family life is crazy, think again!
Review: This book kept me interested ever since I started reading it! It is funny and entertaining book for young readers. It is about a family of fourteen who learn how to live and work with each other! They go through things together including getting their tonsils removed and much more! It starts out with the parents getting married and having their first child a year after the wedding. The book talks about every day living together,dealing with each other,and growing up together. They make movies together and travel across the country together.They visit relatives in California and Oregon and play very dirty tricks on them. This is also a sad and touching book. The children deal with losing their father and almost losing their brother. This a very readable book and i recommend this book to any reader!
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Summary: Alot of Kids
Review: I am eleven years old. I loved this book because I like kids. I liked how they used efficency to ,ake the family run smoothly. The day Mr. Gilbreth died Junr 14 was when I had a surgery. My mom read the book when she was a kid and so dod my substitute teacher. I am trying to find the video. I have the audio version and the sequel. I am a big fan. It is set in an interusting time peirod. I loved it when he called the canarys Shut Up and You Heard Me. Also when he taught the kids Morse Code and... Oh I loved it all. You shuld read it it is a fun book!
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Summary: By jingo!
Review: My mother used to read me this book when I was growing up in the 60's and 70's - but when we lost our copy we could never find another one - they were as rare as Hen's teeth - and we definitely wanted another copy. What a relief to see it is reprinted, and to find that the stories are just as funny and wonderful as they ever were. This is a book about the Gilbreth family; Father, mother and twelve (yes 12!) children. Most especially this is the story of the Father, and his time-motion studies which he applied in work and in life. He was a time and motion expert in the first couple of decades of the twentieth century - travelling internationally and showing the new factories how to improve their production by increasing their efficiency. This book has been written, with great affection and humour, by two of his children - Frank and Ernestine. I find it truly amazing that not only did the family boast twelve children but they all learned to speak foreign languages, touch typing, mental maths and even morse code - all because their father worked out dozens of ingenious ways to motivate them - although often it was quite reluctantly on their part. Their father was a truly larger than life character who dominates the book with his booming pronouncements and occassionally humbling mistakes - but you can almost see his eyes twinkling with a ready laugh. This isn't just a book for adults, kids love having the stories read to them. If nothing else there are wonderful tips about how to get your children to want to learn!
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Summary: Cheaper by the Dozen
Review: The family in this book had a good life. They lived in the U.S.A. There were twelve children, a father and his wife. This book is about how the family goes about their life. It also explains how they get along with each other. This book took place in the 1800. At the end the father has a heart attack while he is on the phone and he dies. One example of what they go through in this book is that they got a good education. The father and mother have a hard time taking care of the children. Back in those days the father was in charge. The father would say, "line up." When he would say that the children would get in line.Back then they did not have a lot of cars. Cars were expensive then. The family had a car. They were proud of their car. They were not rich but not poor, either. They were probably very tired at the end of the day. It was interesting to read about a different family than mine that has a lot more responsibility. It is a true book. I liked the book because it had a lot of action and adventure. It had a lot of cliff hangers. It was really exciting in some parts. It even sounded like it was happening right then. My mom recommended it because she had read it and she said it was a good book to read. When I got the book I did not know that I would like it. I waited a long time to read it because I thought it would not be good. When I got around to reading it I liked it a lot.
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Summary: Don't underestimate me because I'm a kid...
Review: I've read the reviews for Cheaper By The Dozen, and no offense, but I think they're really boring and lame. Too grown-up. Of course, you guys ARE grown-ups, but still. Cheaper By The Dozen's my favorite book in the whole wide world.... Two words: Great book. Funny, yet serious, yet sad. It takes REAL writers to make something like it. It's like they made a concoction: a cup of funny, a pint of serious, and just a drop of sad. I've read this book so many times, it's scary. Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey lead us through this book with Daddy and Mommy Gilbreth and their twelve ducklings. Trust me, you'll love this book.
P.S. Wanna say, "Hi," or "Your review is bogus"...
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Summary: A wonderful book for the entire family.
Review: I first read this book at the age of 9. I read it so much in the following years that the pages began falling out and eventually had to throw it away. Whether you are 9 or 90, I think you will find this an enjoyable story about a family who lived when life was simpler. They may not have had much money but they more than made up for it with love and laughter.
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Summary: Hilarious, wholesome novel
Review: Cheaper by the dozen was a funny book about a family that had 12 children: 6 boys 6 girls. Set in the early 1900's, it is written by two of the children. My wife and I laughed on a regular basis as I read it to her. I guess the reason it was so funny is because we could see the stuff happening in our family. Although there is an occasional profanity (thus I won't let my children read it until they are older), it is ONLY occassionally. Some of the ideas that the father had I have implemented in my family. Although seemingly written for younger readers, it is enjoyable for adults (probably more so for adults).
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