7 must-read memoir books like Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Cover of Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

By: Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

3.99

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

"Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts." Dad was Frank B. Gilbreth, to the world a dis…

"Some simpleton with pimples in his voice wants to speak to Ernestine," he grumbled to Mother when he answered the phone."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"Ernestine used to remark, in a tone tinged with envy, that Lill was probably New Jersey's youngest gold digger, and that few adult gold diggers ever had received more, in return for less."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"But it was Mother who spun the stories that made the things we studied really unforgettable. If Dad saw motion study and teamwork in an ant hill, Mother saw a highly complex civilization governed, perhaps, by a fat old queen who had a thousand black slaves bring her breakfast in bed mornings. If Dad stopped to explain the construction of a bridge, she would find the workman in his blue jeans, eating his lunch high on the top of the span. It was she who made us feel the breathless height of the structure and the relative puniness of the humans who had built it. Or if Dad pointed out a tree that had been bent and gnarled, it was Mother who made us sense how the wind, eating against the tree in the endless passing of time, had made its own relentless mark."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

If you liked the memoir plot in Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) by Ralph Moody

1. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

By: Ralph Moody

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more

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  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • childrens
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

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2. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

By: Natalie S. Bober

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely i… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. Madeleine Takes Command

By: Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Madeleine Verchère's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Hara… read more

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  • childrens
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4. The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam (Harper Trophy Book)

By: Huynh Quang Nhuong , Vo-Dinh Mai , Quang Nhuong Huynh

3.77

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of th… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • childrens
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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5. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

By: Kirby Larson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more

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  • childrens
"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

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6. Mama's Bank Account

By: Kathryn Forbes

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This … read more

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  • humor
  • classics
  • childrens
  • family
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7. A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

By: C. Coco De Young

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Margo Bandini has never been afraid of anything. Her life in Johnstown, Pennsylvani… read more

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  • childrens
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8. Follow My Leader

By: James B. Garfield

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

After Jimmy is blinded in an accident with a firecracker, he has to relearn all the things he used … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Mary Emma & Company (Little Britches, #4) by Ralph Moody, Tran Mawicke

9. Mary Emma & Company (Little Britches, #4)

By: Ralph Moody , Tran Mawicke

4.23

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

The protagonist, Mary Emma Moody, widowed mother of six, has taken her family east in 1912 to begin… read more

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  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • childrens
  • nonfiction

10. The Home Ranch (Little Britches, #3)

By: Ralph Moody , Tran Mawicke

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ralph Moody turns again to Colorado, the scene of those two delightful earlier books about his boyh… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography
  • childrens
  • nonfiction

11. Shaking the Nickel Bush (Little Britches, #6)

By: Ralph Moody

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more health… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography
  • childrens
  • nonfiction
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12. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

By: Margaret Sidney

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Five Little Peppers and How They Grewwas originally serialized in an 1880 edition of Wide Awake, a … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens

13. The Fields of Home (Little Britches, #5)

By: Ralph Moody

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

1912 Massachussetts. Narrator Ralph 15 battles maternal Granpa Tom Gould, who swears at "tarnal" bo… read more

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14. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

By: Kate Douglas Wiggin

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Shirley Temple did a lot to make Rebecca famous when she won the world's heart in the movie we all … read more

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15. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • family

16. Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

By: Richard J. Maybury

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan

17. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

18. Man of the Family (Little Britches, #2)

By: Edward Shenton , Ralph Moody

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Early 1900s Colorado. Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western energy, the Moody family, transpl… read more

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19. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

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20. The Winged Watchman

By: Hilda van Stockum

4.26

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual trut… read more

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  • childrens
"But remember that truth itself becomes a lie in the twisted minds of our conquerors."

-Hilda van Stockum, The Winged Watchman

"Knowledge is a matter of knowing facts. Wisdom is a matter of understanding and applying principles. A certain amount of knowledge is necessary for wisdom, and without wisdom, knowledge is not only u…"

-Hilda van Stockum, The Winged Watchman

21. The Singing Tree

By: Kate Seredy

3.50

Format: 306 pages,

Life on the Hungarian plains us changing quickly for Jancsi and his cousin Kate. Father has given J… read more

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22. Banner in the Sky

By: James Ramsey Ullman

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared t… read more

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23. Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History

By: Richard M. Hannula

3.00

Format: 9 pages,

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Cover of Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

24. Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

By: Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

3.99

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

"Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts." Dad was Frank B. Gilbreth, to the world a dis… read more

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  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • childrens
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
"Some simpleton with pimples in his voice wants to speak to Ernestine," he grumbled to Mother when he answered the phone."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"Ernestine used to remark, in a tone tinged with envy, that Lill was probably New Jersey's youngest gold digger, and that few adult gold diggers ever had received more, in return for less."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"But it was Mother who spun the stories that made the things we studied really unforgettable. If Dad saw motion study and teamwork in an ant hill, Mother saw a highly complex civilization governed, pe…"

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

Cover of Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel by Claudia   Clark

25. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

By: Claudia Clark

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

Cover of Saint Richard Parker by Merlin Franco

26. Saint Richard Parker

By: Merlin Franco

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more

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  • humor
"See you later, tailgater."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Dark is beautiful, brother."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"A saint has control over his anger and itches."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

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27. The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

By: Nancy Omeara

4.33

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Tired of the "them or us" politics that the Democrats and Republicans are pushing down our throats?… read more

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  • humor
"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

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28. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
Cover of Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy by Jennifer Pepito

29. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy

By: Jennifer Pepito

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • family
Cover of Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read by S.D.   Smith

30. Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read

By: S.D. Smith

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Mooses with And Other Stories Children Should Never Read is a fun collection of stories. It’s exac… read more

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  • humor
  • childrens
"I was born at a very early age."

-S.D. Smith, Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read

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31. Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

By: Edward Williams

4.37

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Backpacking around Australia in the year 2000, the author unwittingly found himself the target of o… read more

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"Do you want to live, Sander?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"Scopolamine never asks for permission"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"was it even my own mind making the decisions?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"was he connected to the hitman? I didn't worry about it"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

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Kathryn Forbes

4.24

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Ralph Moody , Tran Mawicke

4.23

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3.95

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4.30

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2.00

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4.34

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