Henry Carter Hull

From the author of Crying, a witty, wide-ranging cultural history of our attitudes toward work-and getting out of it. 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, there has been a chorus of slackers ridiculing and lampooning the pretensions of hardworking respectability. Reviled by many, heroes to others, these layabouts stretch...

The Scallywags, a family of lazy, shiftless, mischief-making wolves, annoy all the other animals to the point where they quit getting invited to eat, play, or join in other activities, but when the wolves decide to improve themselves, they go too far in the other direction--until a full moon appears.

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.

"Junior comes knocking on the door to the ship of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. He thinks not doing anything sounds good, so he wants to hop on board and be pirate number four! This fun and wacky band of pirates convince Junior the importance of going to school and following God's plan for his life.Sunday morning values, Saturday morning fun. Now that's the Big Idea!Through imaginative and innovative products, Zonderkidz is feeding young souls."--...