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Summary: This is one of my favorites!
Review: I read this book just last week and I could hardly put it down. It is a fun-loving tale of 12 redheaded freckled kids with a very strict father. At first it wasn't too interesting in the beginning of the book, but as I continued it was wonderful, funny, and strange. I am in eighth grade and I am in the IRC(Interscholastic Reading Competition). This book was one of the books on the list. I can't wait to read the sequel.
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Summary: You must have a copy of this book for your own!
Review: I read Cheaper by the Dozen more than 20 years ago in Thai edition. And I bought it to all of my friend for presents. This is a book you must have in your house. Now I am about to buy the original/English version. I still read it every time I found it at the bookstore. I love this book.
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Summary: Not my favorite book, but good enough to finish.
Review: No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those of the Gilbreth clan. In this clan lived twelve red-headed children. The Gilbreth family lived on 68 EagleRock Street, in Montclair, New Jersey. Their, Frank, a famous effiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory, has charts all over the house so that he can make sure that chores are being done. He has the older children in charge of the younger children to learn "responsibility," as the children had put it. Their mother, Lillian, who agrees with her husband in everything except discipline is always pulling back on her children, almost like taking advantages away from them. HHow they all survive eposodes of leaving children in the parking lot of restaurants by accident, or have dad in the back seat of your first date, nobody will ever know.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read
Review: If you are thinking wheter to buy this book or not, i'd tell you you MUST buy this book, is the BEST book I've ever read. :-)
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Summary: A FEEL GOOD WARM FUZZY FEELING BOOK
Review: I read this bok about 20 years ago. I loved it then and I love it now. This is the kind of family I would have liked for next door neighboors I still have the book from 20 years ago. I intend to share it with my children when they get bigger. Funny,warm,full of fun. Grap a hot cup of tea wrap a warm blanket around yourself and enjoy the family Gilbreth.
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Summary: Warm and hilarious -- read it!
Review: Cheaper By the Dozen is a classic in the tradition of the Little House books. The scene where a sly neighbor sends the unsuspecting lady from the Birth Control League to visit is to die for.
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Summary: You Must Read This Book!
Review: This book was hilarious! I couldn't put it down. The Gilbreth's book about their childhood, their ten other siblings, and their bizzare yet charming father was surperb. Each chapter was like a short story that was filled with humor. This book was so funny, I laughed aloud.
If you like comedy or you think your family is strange, I hope you read this book. I know you will enjoy it. I hope to read Belles on Their Toes, the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, soon.
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Summary: This book helped shape my career!
Review: I read this book many, many years ago, when I was 10 or 11 (believe me that was long ago). It helped to establish my philosophy of life, that is, to be effecient in all that you do. His humorus approach to common sense and practicability is enlightening. A must for any youngster with a compassion for resourcefullness
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Summary: A great book that is like my family but bigger.
Review: I read Cheaper by the dozen for my fith grade reading list. I thought it was funny and sad. My friend read the book at the same time she thought it was great too. I am eager to read the sequel Bells On Their Toes
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: A book that I have read no less than 10 times. It's entertaining and insightful and really a timeless story (although part of its charm is the historical information it provides too). It deals with subjects like family closeness, female empowerment, importance of education, and the loss of a loved one, all with humorous anecdotes and touching stories. As a book that I read both as a child and an adult, I was suprised at things I had missed (or where over my head) in past reads and how much I still enjoyed it.
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