laziness

Explains the psychological, cultural, and biological reasons why people procrastinate and the effects of procrastination on lives, health, work, and happiness, offering methods for stopping procrastination.

As the Istanbul Olympics loom near and an injury threatens record-breaking sprinter Paris Troy's chances of winning a gold medal, Paris is tempted by his brother into using performance-enhancing drugs.

Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat but when she asks the cat, the dog and the goose to help her plant them, they are all too busy. When Little Red Hen has finally grown the wheat, harvested it, turned it into flour and baked the bread the others are only to willing to help her eat it--but will she let them? The gentle repetition and humorous second story unfolding in the illustrations makes this a joyful retelling of the classic fable.

Offers practical strategies for children who procrastinate.

A grasshopper who sings and dances all summer while the ants diligently gather food, winds up cold and hungry when winter arrives.

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

"Boomer is a happy, lazy cat, and the best friend of a little girl who's always on the go. Boomer shows her something about slowing down to appreciate life's little pleasures."--OCLC.

Lazy Schnitzel is apprenticed to a famous wizard, and when a salesman selling vacuum cleaners offers to help clean house, Schnitzel accepts, but finds trouble when he realizes the salesman is a vampire.

Leopard is lazy and asks baboon and baby baboon to help him catch a hare for supper, but when they let the hare get away, Leopard gets angry.

Tommy is so lazy that his dog takes him for walks instead of the other way around, but all that changes when he gets lost inside a book.