Blabey, Aaron
Summary: "Pig is the world's LAZIEST Pug. There's nothing that can make him put down the snacks and get off the couch! Or is there...?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Canada Ltd. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLAEgan, Tim.
Summary: Dodsworth does as little work as he can, collecting items from a junkyard and placing them in his thrift store for sale, until he happens upon a pink refrigerator that spurs him to do much more with his life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Egan,Summary: Brennan and Dale are two middle-aged loafers who are forced to live together when their parents get married. When their immature antics over TV privileges and personal property take their toll on their parents' marriage, the devious duo hatch a scheme to reunite the couple.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: With a feathery red-brown plush body and workable beak, this barnyard beauty could be Chicken Licken, Henny Penny, or the Little Red Hen. Make storytime something to cluck over with this hen puppet.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Folkmanis 0000
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Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCQFinn, Isobel
Summary: "Ladybug is so lazy that she doesn't know how to fly. She wants to find a new place to sleep and decides to ride on passing animals. But when she hops onto Elephant's trunk, she gets a big surprise!" -- Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.McGrath, Barbara Barbieri
Summary: In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at a farm, the other animals eat and play while the little gray bunny does all the chores in the barn, until one day he teaches them a lesson about laziness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE MCGDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: While his wife is away, a lazy man relies on a pooka to clean up the messes that he and his friends make.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture DePaola 2000Bamber, Adrianna
Summary: "When Ku-ku-ri-ku finds some wheat in his yard, he shows it to his friends Twist and Turn. They decide to use it to make some buns. But turning wheat into a delicious bun is a lot of work--and not everyone does their share."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BAMBerry, Joy Wilt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grolier Enterprises Corp. 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BerHodgkinson, Tom.
Summary: Presents a whimsical antidote to today's work-obsessed culture, sharing a twenty-four-hour guide to achieving happiness while living leisurely.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 HODRoussey, Christine
Summary: A very busy little girl learns an important lesson from her very lazy cat, Boomer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROUPrice, Devon
Summary: A social psychologist uncovers the psychological basis of the "laziness lie," which originated with the Puritans and has ultimately created blurred boundaries between work and life with modern technologies and offers advice for not succumbing to societalpressure to "do more."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Snyder, Dianne.
Summary: A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SNYWillems, Maartje
Summary: "A guide to slowing down for self-care with niksen, the Dutch secret to rest and relaxation"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Belief Phil WillemsLutz, Tom.
Summary: "Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed, a chorus of slackers has held the pretensions of hardworking respectability up to scorn. Reviled by many, heroic to others, these layabouts stretch and yawn their way through life and literature while the rest of society sweats....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 LUTJarrow, Gail
Summary: "Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.9 JARHennesy, Carolyn.
Summary: On their way to find the third evil, laziness, Pandy and her friends, Alcie, Iole, and Homer, face many dangers after Pandy falls from Apollo's chariot and her friends are captured by pirates who intend to sell them into slavery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Childrens Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HENCarey, Benedict.
Summary: A leading neuroscientist presents an exploration of what is known about learning and memory that considers how to adapt such negative characteristics as ignorance and laziness to expand learning potential.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CARSummary: Andrew S. Grove, CEO, Intel Corp.Before "Intel Inside" became the sine qua non of PC manufacturing, Intel faced the prospect of being squeezed out of the microchip market by Japanese manufacturers who threatened to turn the chip into a commodity. Here, Andrew Grove explains how Intel shrugged off a business-as-usual mindset and began encouraging innovation and experimentation, enabling the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007