An edition of Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead (1966)

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Cover of: Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead. by William Pène Du Bois
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An edition of Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead (1966)

Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead.

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 21 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead was my entire family's favorite book when I was a child. Now I can't find it on eBay. It's $300+ on Amazon.

Publish Date
Publisher
Harper & Row
Language
English
Pages
28

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Previews available in: English

Subjects
Technology and children, Juvenile fiction, Laziness, boy, mechanical house, humor
Times
20th century

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Cover of: Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead.
Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead.
1966, Harper & Row
in English

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Book Details

Published in

New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.D8527 Laz

The Physical Object

Pagination
28 p.
Number of pages
28

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5979896M
Internet Archive
lazytommypumpkin00dubo
LCCN
66008207

Excerpts

Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead lived in an electric house.
added by Katharine Hadow.
In the morning, when the sun rose over the hill and warmed his windowsill, his bed started to move. It rose to the ceiling, then slid Lazy Tommy out, out of his nightshirt, into a bathtub filled with hot water. There was a water-spinning machine in Lazy Tommy's bathtub.
Page 5, added by Katharine Hadow.

The point of the book is that the house does everything for him, washes him, brushes his teeth, dresses him, feeds him. Until...

One night there was rain and wind, thunder and lightning. The poles which were strung with wires to bring electricity to Lazy Tommy's electric house fell, and the wires were broken. In the morning, when the sun rose over the hill and warmed his windowsill, the electric bed did not move at all.
Page 14, added by Katharine Hadow.

The suspense begins

The tooth-brushing machine squeezed toothpaste on his toes and scrubbed them. It tickled Tommy terribly.
Page 19, added by Katharine Hadow.

You'll just have to read the rest for yourself. Enjoy!

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
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September 3, 2011 Edited by ImportBot add Internet Archive box ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record.