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  • This is one of those books that doesn't really have a goal or objective, but rather just tells a good story. It's nothing like the recent movies except that its about a family with 12 kids. Pretty clever, well-written, and inspiring in some ways (if you're a parent). Check it out and you'll probab ... Continue

    This is one of those books that doesn't really have a goal or objective, but rather just tells a good story. It's nothing like the recent movies except that its about a family with 12 kids. Pretty clever, well-written, and inspiring in some ways (if you're a parent). Check it out and you'll probably find yourself laughing out loud like I did.

    

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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.

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.

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