Schnitzel: A Cautionary Tale for Lazy Louts First Edition

Schnitzel: A Cautionary Tale for Lazy Louts First EditionApprenticed to a famous wizard, young Schnitzel is not known for his hard work. In fact, it's just the opposite. He's lazy and lacks motivation. So late one night, when a door to door salesman selling vacuum cleaners offers to help, Schnitzel sees an answer to his housecleaning woes. Little does he know, however, that this is no ordinary salesman and the vacuum is no ordinary dust buster. In this retelling of the classic tale The Sorcerer's

With psychological insight and biting wit

The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them

Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories

one false lead after another

the dead houses where they studied

secrets long hidden in plain sight

But when Flora gives the penguin the cold shoulder

ISBN-13: 978-0375505072

the group forms a family of sorts

a superhero who uses her imagination to have adventures right in her own backyard

let the magic begin

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