Seeking Children's Book From Late 1960s About Lazy Boy in Mechanical House

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Seeking Children's Book From Late 1960s About Lazy Boy in Mechanical House

1dpkent61
Feb 12, 2020, 8:07 am

Around 1968 I read a children's book about a boy so lazy that he lived in a house that would do everything for him. In the morning the bed would tip and dump him into a place where he was showered and dried. Then it would dress him, make breakfast and feed him. In the end, everything goes haywire and he ends up upside down in the shower and a breakfast of scrambled eggs goes on the soles of his feet instead of his mouth. I'm looking for the title or author. Thanks.

2Keeline
Nov 5, 2021, 7:47 pm

That would be Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead (Harper & Row, 1966) by William Pène Du Bois. It is very hard to find because the picture book was sold to libraries and the copies were read to pieces there. It has been scanned by the Internet Archive and the link I provided points to that.

James