Cheaper by the Dozen

✍ Scribed by Gilbreth, Frank B; Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth

• Book ID: 107492455
• Publisher: Harper
• Year: 1948
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 375 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. Finally there's Mother, his partner in everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades as forgetting Frank Jr. in a roadside restaurant or going on a first date with Dad in the backseat or having their tonsils removed en masse will keep you in stitches. You can be sure they're not only cheaper, they're funnier by the dozen.

Review

“Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.” (The Chicago Sun-Times )

“Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana.” (Saturday Review of Literature )

"Instructive, funny, and very readable." (School Library Journal )

From the Publisher

No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First, there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. And there's Mother, his partner in everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades as forgetting Frank, Jr., in a roadside restaurant or going on a first date with Dad in the backseat or having their tonsils removed en masse will keep you in stitches. You can be sure they're not only cheaper, they're funnier by the dozen.