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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.

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Overview

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.

This heartwarming and hilarious family story finds thousands of new fans every year.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780553272505
  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publication date: 10/1/1984
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 180
  • Age range: 10 - 14 Years
  • Lexile: 890L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 4.34 (w) x 6.83 (h) x 0.69 (d)

Meet the Author

Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey are two of the now famous Gilbreth dozen. Frank, Jr., is deceased.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Chapter One



Whistles and Shaving Bristles



Dad was a tall man, with a large head, jowls, and a Herbert Hoover collar. He was no longer slim; he had passed the two-hundred-pound mark during his early thirties, and left it so far behind that there were times when he had to resort to railway baggage scales to ascertain his displacement. But he carried himself with the self-assurance of a successful gentleman who was proud of his wife, proud of his family, and proud of his business accomplishments.

Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts, and the ability and poise to backstop the front he placed before the world. He'd walk into a factory like the Zeiss works in Germany or the Pierce Arrow plant in this country and announce that he could speed up production by one-fourth. He'd do it, too.

One reason he had so many children -- there were twelve of us -- was that he was convinced anything he and Mother teamed up on was sure to be a success.

Dad always practiced what he preached, and it was just about impossible to tell where his scientific management company ended and his family life began. His office was always full of children, and he often took two or three of us, and sometimes all twelve, on business trips. Frequently, we'd tag along at his side, pencils and notebooks in our hands, when Dad toured a factory which had hired him as an efficiency expert.

On the other hand, our house at Montclair, New Jersey, was a sort of school for scientific management and the elimination of wasted motions -- or "motionstudy," as Dad and Mother named it.

Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Each child who wanted extra pocket money submitted a sealed bid saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the contract.

Dad installed process and work charts in the bathrooms. Every child old enough to write -- and Dad expected his offspring to start writing at a tender age -- was required to initial the charts in the morning after he had brushed his teeth, taken a bath, combed his hair, and made his bed. At night, each child had to weigh himself, plot the figure on a graph, and initial the process charts again after he had done his homework, washed his hands and face, and brushed his teeth. Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was concerned prayers were voluntary.

It was regimentation, all right. But bear in mind the trouble most parents have in getting just one child off to school, and multiply it by twelve. Some regimentation was necessary to prevent bedlam. Of course there were times when a child would initial the charts without actually having fulfilled the requirements. However, Dad had a gimlet eye and a terrible swift sword. The combined effect was that truth usually went marching on.

Yes, at home or on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert. He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven. He even used two shaving brushes to lather his face, because he found that by so doing he could cut seventeen seconds off his shaving time. For a while he tried shaving with two razors, but he finally gave that up.

"I can save forty-four seconds," he grumbled, "but I wasted two minutes this morning putting this bandage on my throat."

It wasn't the slashed throat that really bothered him. It was the two minutes.

Some people used to say that Dad had so many children he couldn't keep track of them. Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at home. When Mother returned, she asked him if everything had run smoothly.

"Didn't have any trouble except with that one over there," he replied. "But a spanking brought him into line."

Mother could handle any crisis without losing her composure.

"That's not one of ours, dear," she said. "He belongs next door."

None of us remembers it, and maybe it never happened. Dad wasn't above stretching the truth, because there was nothing he liked better than a joke, particularly if it were on him and even more particularly if it were on Mother. This much is certain, though. There were two red-haired children who lived next door, and the Gilbreths all are blondes or redheads.

Although he was a strict taskmaster within his home, Dad tolerated no criticism of the family from outsiders. Once a neighbor complained that a Gilbreth had called the neighbor's boy a son of an unprintable word.

"What are the facts of the matter?" Dad asked blandly. And then walked away while the neighbor registered a double take.

But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn't prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment.

Dad was happiest in a crowd, especially a crowd of kids. Wherever he was, you'd see a string of them trailing him -- and the ones with plenty of freckles were pretty sure to be Gilbreths.

He had a way with children and knew how to keep them on their toes. He had a respect for them, too, and didn't mind showing it.

He believed that most adults stopped thinking the day they left school...

Cheaper by the Dozen. Copyright © by Frank B. Gilbreth. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

First Chapter

Cheaper by the Dozen

Chapter One



Whistles and Shaving Bristles



Dad was a tall man, with a large head, jowls, and a Herbert Hoover collar. He was no longer slim; he had passed the two-hundred-pound mark during his early thirties, and left it so far behind that there were times when he had to resort to railway baggage scales to ascertain his displacement. But he carried himself with the self-assurance of a successful gentleman who was proud of his wife, proud of his family, and proud of his business accomplishments.

Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts, and the ability and poise to backstop the front he placed before the world. He'd walk into a factory like the Zeiss works in Germany or the Pierce Arrow plant in this country and announce that he could speed up production by one-fourth. He'd do it, too.

One reason he had so many children -- there were twelve of us -- was that he was convinced anything he and Mother teamed up on was sure to be a success.

Dad always practiced what he preached, and it was just about impossible to tell where his scientific management company ended and his family life began. His office was always full of children, and he often took two or three of us, and sometimes all twelve, on business trips. Frequently, we'd tag along at his side, pencils and notebooks in our hands, when Dad toured a factory which had hired him as an efficiency expert.

On the other hand, our house at Montclair, New Jersey, was a sort of school for scientific management and the elimination of wasted motions -- or "motion study," as Dad and Mother named it.

Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Each child who wanted extra pocket money submitted a sealed bid saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the contract.

Dad installed process and work charts in the bathrooms. Every child old enough to write -- and Dad expected his offspring to start writing at a tender age -- was required to initial the charts in the morning after he had brushed his teeth, taken a bath, combed his hair, and made his bed. At night, each child had to weigh himself, plot the figure on a graph, and initial the process charts again after he had done his homework, washed his hands and face, and brushed his teeth. Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was concerned prayers were voluntary.

It was regimentation, all right. But bear in mind the trouble most parents have in getting just one child off to school, and multiply it by twelve. Some regimentation was necessary to prevent bedlam. Of course there were times when a child would initial the charts without actually having fulfilled the requirements. However, Dad had a gimlet eye and a terrible swift sword. The combined effect was that truth usually went marching on.

Yes, at home or on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert. He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven. He even used two shaving brushes to lather his face, because he found that by so doing he could cut seventeen seconds off his shaving time. For a while he tried shaving with two razors, but he finally gave that up.

"I can save forty-four seconds," he grumbled, "but I wasted two minutes this morning putting this bandage on my throat."

It wasn't the slashed throat that really bothered him. It was the two minutes.

Some people used to say that Dad had so many children he couldn't keep track of them. Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at home. When Mother returned, she asked him if everything had run smoothly.

"Didn't have any trouble except with that one over there," he replied. "But a spanking brought him into line."

Mother could handle any crisis without losing her composure.

"That's not one of ours, dear," she said. "He belongs next door."

None of us remembers it, and maybe it never happened. Dad wasn't above stretching the truth, because there was nothing he liked better than a joke, particularly if it were on him and even more particularly if it were on Mother. This much is certain, though. There were two red-haired children who lived next door, and the Gilbreths all are blondes or redheads.

Although he was a strict taskmaster within his home, Dad tolerated no criticism of the family from outsiders. Once a neighbor complained that a Gilbreth had called the neighbor's boy a son of an unprintable word.

"What are the facts of the matter?" Dad asked blandly. And then walked away while the neighbor registered a double take.

But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn't prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment.

Dad was happiest in a crowd, especially a crowd of kids. Wherever he was, you'd see a string of them trailing him -- and the ones with plenty of freckles were pretty sure to be Gilbreths.

He had a way with children and knew how to keep them on their toes. He had a respect for them, too, and didn't mind showing it.

He believed that most adults stopped thinking the day they left school...

Cheaper by the Dozen. Copyright © by Frank B. Gilbreth. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 29, 2005

    *A Father who only reared twelve children and a Mother who reared twelve only children*

    How hard is it not to get lost in this book? With this hilarious family the fun never ends!!!! Although the story has its down points, it only makes you want to read more. There's six male, and six female off springs. With a famous efficiency expert for a father, and an excellent psychologist for a mother. Teens to adults will love this book. If you¿re looking for lots of humor and a little sadness, then Cheaper by the Dozen is the right book for you. But the fun doesn't stop there join all your favorite characters in the sequel to this outrageous book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 11, 2005

    not my favorite

    It made my want to fal asllep. Didn't have very good wording either.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 14, 2004

    soooo slow and boring

    i would definitly not erecommend this book. it had itsz upsz and downsz but i like a different kind of bok. some peepsz might like it and some might not.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 1, 2003

    A WONDERFUL WAY TO SET THE DAY

    This heartwarming story is more than just a classic tale! It shows you the ways people lived back then and how the Gilbreths family thought if it. I suggest this book to anyone who could use some uplifting spirits!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 16, 2003

    This family is so funny

    Cheaper by the dozen is a wonderful and hilarious book about a very outgoing family of 12 kids and 2 adults. What I love most about the book is how every single character in the book has their own unique way of doing something and doing it in a way that is interesting to read. I would recommend this to anyone who loves ready silly stories.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 7, 2003

    Why I think Cheaper by the Dozen is a 'GOOD BOOK'

    This book is really good. It talks about a family of twelve and their antics. The family is ran by a motion-study father and a psycholgist mother. Their twelve children provide for the book lots of hilarity and it really keeps you on your toes. There are many things that happens to the family, but you will have to read the book on your own. Although the ending seems very shocking the book is a great book that shows how close this family of twelve really is.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 4, 2003

    A very humorous and amusing story

    This book is about a man, Frank Gilbreth who was a motion study expert, along with his wife, Lillian Gilbreth who was a psychologist. It tells a humorous and amusing tale about this couple fighting their way through life dealing with twelve children. To some parents, twelve might be too much to handle, and it might not be worth it. But to them, they enjoyed every minute of it, and they never gave up. They may have had some hard times, but humorously, it tells us of them. Eventually they got through all of it, and they showed a large amount of love in their family. They had so much fun together that in the end it was sad to hear about what happened. This family went through so much, that it is amazing. The parents loved their children, and they didn¿t have problems with them at all. Besides the normal little kid behaviors, or the teenage rebellion. Other than that, they showed to be an almost perfect family. It was a very amusing book. Also, I learned a lot from this book. I learned new ways to teach my children when I get older. I¿ll know to try things with them that will seem fun, like writing things on the walls and that kind of stuff. This book was very interesting, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read it. Anyone who likes to learn new things, and would like to know what it¿s like to be in a big family, should read this book. You can picture yourself there with the family throughout different scenes and it¿s almost like you¿re there. You can imagine the embarrassment that they must have had to go through in order to go places. Also, you can learn how to handle a big family if you end up with one like that. It was a very interesting book and I learned a lot. I urge you to read it, and when you do, I suggest that you pay attention to every little detail, because in this book it¿s the little sayings that make in amusing and humorous.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 12, 2003

    A wonderful book for the whole family!

    This book was hillarious! I loved it and read it again and again. This story shows the lifestyle of the gilbreth family, a family comprized of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreth, and their twelve children. I recomend this book for the whole family.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2002

    Outstandingly hilarious

    I enjoyed this book on so many levels. It was hilarious, the way Mr. Gilbreth interacted with everyone. I loved it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 6, 2002

    A funny book

    Cheaper by the Dozen By Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey ¿A hilarious comedy¿ This story takes place in the early 1900¿s, in the New England states. The main characters are Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, the parents, and their twelve children. This book is a comical story of what happens when a motion study expert tries to raise a family by using the same techniques that he would use to make a factory run more efficiently. The idea¿s usually sounded good when he said them, but never seemed to work out in reality. I thought it was an ok book. I didn¿t really enjoy it that much because of the slow start and I had to push myself through it. However, it got funnier as the book progressed. I would not recommend this book to someone who has trouble getting into a book because they¿d have no desire to keep going. I would recommend it to someone who reads often and has the patients to get through the slow stuff before finding the good stuff.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 3, 2002

    WONDERFUL BOOK!!!!!!!!!

    This is a WONDERFUL book that everyone should read!! It was a great story that shows a large family always working together. You won't be able to put it down. It has become My Favorite boook!!!!It is not a waste of time or money!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 1, 2002

    NOT FOR ALL READERS!!!!!!

    This book is the type of book not everyone is going to enjoy. I would say this book is for the older generation.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2002

    Darling Tale

    I love the old movie with Myrna Loy. The book is charming, warm-hearted, and sentimental. People might find it boring but it's a true story of a family. They're not extra-ordinary but this is an optimistic look at a dying institution.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 12, 2002

    confusing, not my style

    i found this book confusing because it was not on chronological order. i had to keep flipping back and that makes the book drawn out and boring (to me). the writing style was not the type that i like. in some occasions though it was entertaining and hummerous.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 31, 2001

    An Exciting Tale

    I liked this book because it showed a family living through the years with though times and very happy times. I give this a four star because i had to read this book for my literature teacher and i thought it was going to be terribly boring but it wasn't. Although the chapters are long, the characters and settings pull you in for a ride on a amzing story adenture with the Gilbreths.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 21, 2001

    Something I can relate to!

    I think this was a great novel! It is a truly accurate depiction of what life is like living in a large family! I recommend that everyone give it a try!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 3, 2001

    It was great!

    I thought this book was especially hilarious, since I myself come from a family with 12 children in it. Yeah, there are still families with that many children! I could even relate to some of those stories!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2001

    This Book IS Magnificent!!!!!!

    This book is wonderful and great. Some people who think this book is boring has no sense of family values. i will tell people ages 13-24 to read this book. This book tells the children were spoiled rotten by their parents. Spend some money and time to read this book, it won't be raise your time..

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 14, 2001

    Read to me!!

    A wonderful book to read aloud, especially if you only have time for a chapter now and then. Each chapter is a story in itself that will keep you laughing at the antics of the Gilbreath family!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2001

    This Book is Great!!!!!!!!

    This book is worth anyones money. It is so fuuny and it really relates to what alot of big families go through. In every chapter, I laughed.There was not one chapter in this whole book that I did not like!! GET THIS BOOK!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!!

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