Cheaper by the Dozen

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Summary: A brilliant work of the Gilbreth children!
Review: This book shows a firsthand account of the wonderous life of an extremely large family. Around that era and before then, large families like the Gilbreth's was not as unusual as you may think. But not many had the unique upbrining of motion studiers. The information that Mr. Gilbreth conveyed to his very lucky children made their lives complete. And may I commend Mrs. Gilbreth, on her liveliness and spirit, and all the energy she had to have to raise 11 children all alone (with alltile help from Tom of course!) And the way all the children managed so well to economize and forfeit some of their pleasures for each other shows strong character and love to the roots. Any good writer could make up a story like this one, but what gives this one charm and shine is the reality of it all. These things really happened! It is amzing to witness the love and adventure of the Gilbreth house.

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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: I got this book as a gift and I'm really glad because it is one of the best gifts I have got so far. This book depicts the way how a big family can make their daily life more interesting. They enjoy their holidays together by playing fun and interesting games. And the stress on efficiency somehow urges people like us to be more productive. Well.....in simple English, I would say that this is a book that is worth reading not once.....but as many times as you want.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER
Review: You should really buy this book. This is the first book that have ever made me cry, and the first book that have ever made me laugh like I did! Don't you ever doubt in getting a copy of this book!

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Summary: It was a great book, shows the "real story" of growing up
Review: This book was really great. I read it my Language Arts class. I really loved the book. It was true but at the same time it was very humorous. It really appealed to my sense of taste. It shows the toils of growing up in a large family, and the natural toils of life. I would reccomend this book to any one that enjoys reading!!!

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Summary: We read it as a class and liked it
Review: It was really entertaining. It was interesting because the family had twelve children. I liked that two of the children wrote the book. It was educational. We could see what different ways the father made his kids learn. We learned some math tricks by reading this.

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Summary: Didn't appeal to me
Review: I'm more into a different genre than this book. I thought it was really really boring. It probably didn't appeal to me because I don't have 11 siblings or 12 children and because it was set at a totally different time than I can relate to. Hardly anyone anymore has 12 kids! I thought that the parents had good intentions for having a big family, but to put that kind of pressure on them to skip school and hope that your younger sibling didn't skip to your grade wasn't the best idea.

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Summary: An absolutely wonderful tale!
Review: This story about the childhoods of the Gilbreth children holds a special meaning to me, because my dad has 12 in his family, too. It kind of tells me what it might have been like, how crazy it would've been! Thanks.

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Summary: A GREAT AND FUNNY BOOK!!!
Review: THIS BOOK WAS THE FUNNIEST BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER READ. IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO READ ABOUT A FAMILY OF A DOZEN CHILDREN. ALL THAT I COULD SAY THAT THIS BOOK WAS FUNNY AND CREATIVE.

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Summary: I think it was an interesting book to read.
Review: I think it was a good book to read about because I never saw anybody with that many kids. I would recommend this book to my mom because she has four children. When I would read it I would say to myself who would want 12 kids?

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Summary: It wasn't what I thought it would be.
Review: The reason why I said that is because I would have thought they would have made their lives more accurant to me. And to me one of the kids were talking and that just mad it more confusing. But I would recommend it to someone who like looking at other peoples lives.