laziness

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laziness

The very lazy lion

2005
Colorful pop-up illustrations and rhyming text about a number of jungle animals including a very lazy lion.

Siesta-de-tres-a?os

1996
A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.

Espantap?jaros flojo

2007
After allowing the birds to eat all the seeds in his field, a lazy scarecrow realizes the consequences of his behavior when summer comes and the field is bare.

Tessa on her own

1994
Tessa the fox is too lazy to hunt so she moves out of the California hills into the town of Ojai where she can forage in the city's garbage cans.

Doing nothing

a history of loafers, loungers, slackers and bums in America
2006
Traces the history of slacking off in America, from Benjamin Franklin's "air baths" to the slackers of the twenty-first century workforce, describing how doing nothing has come to play a key role in modern culture.

Leprechauns never lie

1994
Gram is ailing and Ninny Nanny, too lazy to care for their simple needs, says she'll catch a leprechaun to discover his hidden gold. Gram thinks it won't work--but does it?.

Oodoolay

1987
Henry, the slovenly stationmaster of Oodoolay train station, changes his ways when he hears that his favorite singer is going to be passing through.

The grasshopper and the ants

2009
Presents dramatic dialogue for early readers that relates a children's story in which a lazy grasshopper turns to the ants for pity when he is hungry during the winter. Includes tips for performing.

Fergus and the Night-Demon

an Irish ghost story
2006
On his way to town to have some fun, a lazy but clever young man faces a terrible demon, who declares that his time has come.

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