{"product_id":"cheaper-by-the-dozen-isbn-9780060084608","title":"Cheaper by the Dozen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless.” —Jonathan Yardley, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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 \u003cem\u003eCheaper by the Dozen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching.... Sound Americana.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Instructive, funny, and very readable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny...its appeal is timeless.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Yardley, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's fun and sentiment, appreciation and appraisal, and a good time is had by all.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is the greatest possible tribute by children to parents, and a living proof that the Gilbreths, at any rate, had so many children they knew just what to do--to the immense enjoyment and pleasure of all their readers.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One hilarious chapter follows another. . . .\u003cem\u003e Cheaper by the Dozen\u003c\/em\u003e is such an entertaining account of the growing Gilbreths that you wish it could have been written before 1924. The father of the Dozen would have enjoyed it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888518525157,"sku":"NP9780060084608","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060084608.jpg?v=1730229257","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cheaper-by-the-dozen-isbn-9780060084608","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}