Cheaper by the Dozen - (Perennial Classics) by Frank B Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.

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 numerous films over the years -- including a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favorite with Steve Martin, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stoner -- this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books." -- Chicago Sun-Times

"Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching.... Sound Americana." -- Saturday Review of Literature

"Instructive, funny, and very readable." -- School Library Journal

"A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny...its appeal is timeless." -- Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post