laziness

Presents a story about a farmer named Barnaby Dell who is very lazy.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

A ladybug so lazy that she never learned to fly decides to find a new place to sleep, but she gets a big surprise when she hitches a ride on an elephant's trunk.

A lazy lion orders all the animals to build him a house, but nothing they built was suitable to a lion.

This graphic adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale relates how a djinn punished the camel's laziness by giving him a hump.

"Patches has been sleeping on the job. The friends accuse her of being lazy. Soon, mice begin to overrun the barn. Luckily, her farmyard friends know just what to do!"--Back cover.

"Draws on the stories of history's most notable habitual postponers and on the insights of psychologists, philosophers, and behavioral economists to explain why procrastination happens and how it can help promote healthy priorities"--OCLC.

A twist on the classic tale of the three little pigs in which a handy wolf tries to help three lazy pigs build their homes, but they refuse and later learn that they should have accepted his assistance.

When Pig the pug's lifestyle of lounging on the couch and bingeing snacks and television comes to a crashing end, his daschund friend Trevor introduces the joys of jogging and eating nutritious meals.

Teased for sleeping while the other animals practice running, jumping, swinging, and lifting weights, Sloth teaches them that there is one thing each of them does best--and his talent is sleeping.