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Cheaper by the Dozen

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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.

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Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, Cheaper by the Dozenis a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the 20th century.

Audience
childrensyoung adultadultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 224 pages

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