false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178154137m/764903.jpg 764903 38 What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father -- a famous efficiency expert -- who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen. Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a classic film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, Cheaper by the Dozen is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the 20th century. 1925199 book 1948 Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics) total:3961|5:1332|4:1512|3:900|2:183|1:34| 3961 15808 4674 483 5 2 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Fri Mar 14 17:10:45 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 17:37:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 true false Sat Jan 03 20:47:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 20:55:49 -0800 2009 15
This is the true story of a family of twelve children, whose father is a motion study expert an...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 06 18:46:23 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 18:46:43 -0700 2008 DeEllen Stowell

This book made me laugh and think all at the same time. I absolutely loved the conviction of the parents for teaching their own children. I thought my husband was accepting when I put huge pieces of paper up on the walls and dre...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Thu Mar 27 15:53:25 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 15:59:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Sun Sep 30 18:22:56 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 14:50:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 18:06:55 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 18:37:33 -0700 2007 Cheaper by the Dozen. They're both large, boisterous, red-headed families run by characters the likes of which we're unlikely to see in our own lifetimes. The G...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 15:10:19 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 12:58:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 11:57:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 11:49:55 -0700 2007
And I thought that I'd learn more about being a good parent from this ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 13:54:37 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 13:54:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Sep 25 07:18:27 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 07:18:27 -0700 2009 Biography written in 1948 by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey that tells the story of their parents, time and motion study and efficiency experts ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 12:28:02 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 11:28:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:45:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:59:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 07:24:32 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 07:24:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 16:48:37 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 17:02:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 17:57:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 18:03:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 16:05:54 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 16:07:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 13 11:51:02 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 11:53:03 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 17:06:31 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 17:12:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 12:21:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:24:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:45:15 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:29:01 -0700 2009 The on...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=764903