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Cheaper by the Dozen

Author

Carey, Ernestine and Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Number of Pages:

207

Category:

Genre

NonFiction

Biography / Autobiography / Memoir, Friendship & Family, Informational

Best Suited for:

Elementary School, Middle School

Part of a Series:

Not Part of a Series

Cheaper by the Dozen

Jenna

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Books are good ways to learn about the world and the events that have happened. Many good lessons that everyone should know are taught in the books I've read.

Book Summary

Cheaper by the Dozen is a book about a family with 12 kids who are some of the nicest people you will read about. The dad was a motion study expert and he always made sure that his family did things as organizied as possible.  The mom was a physiologist that also worked motion study into her job.The are an amazing family who loved everyone and everything unconditionally.

Favorite Part or Fun Fact

Cheaper by the Dozen is a real-life family story written by two of the twelve Gilbreth children, about their father, an efficiency expert who turned his home into a real-world lab.

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