Cheaper by the dozen (Cheaper By the Dozen 1)
by Gilbreth, Frank B. 1911-2001 (Author), Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth (Author)
Series
Summary
Count 'em-a dozen carrot topped, freckle-faced kids. Dad, a jovial optimist, successful inventor and efficiency expert is fond of doing his work at home. Mom, a psychologist, is busy putting everything she knows into practice. Listen along and discover the strange things that happen when Dad's exper... Full description
Summary: |
Count 'em-a dozen carrot topped, freckle-faced kids. Dad, a jovial optimist, successful inventor and efficiency expert is fond of doing his work at home. Mom, a psychologist, is busy putting everything she knows into practice. Listen along and discover the strange things that happen when Dad's experiments run awry . . .how Frank Jr. gets left behind at a roadside restaurant . . .how the whole clan has their tonsils out en masse . . .experience a first date with Dad in the backseat, or treeing a peeping Tom... You can be sure they're not only cheaper, they're funnier by the dozen. |
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Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (5 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time: |
06::0:4: |
Format: |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 171206 KB). |
Audience: |
Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5 890 |
ISBN: |
9780739329344 |
Author Notes: |
After college, Gilbreth worked as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, the Associated Press in Raleigh, NC and then New York and finally ended up at the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC. He wrote the column "Doing the Charleston" from the late '40's till 1993, as well as the added duties of assistant publisher of the Post and Courier and vice president of Evening Post Publishing Company. Glibreth also wrote the Dictionary of Charlsetonese, a pamphlet which made fun of the Charleston accent. While Gilbreth was known for Cheaper By the Dozen, he also wrote it's sequel Belles on Their Toes, both of which were made into feature films. He has also written eight other books and was named to the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 1998. His column in the Courier and Post was one of the longest running columns in the United States. Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. died on Sunday, February 18, 2001 at the age of 89. |