How Lazy Can You Get — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Timothy, Amy, and Douglas John Megglethorp are in for the shock of their lives! Their parents have gone away for a week and they've hired Hildegarde Brasscoat to stay and keep watch.

The thrree Megglethorps aren't really troublemakers, but they do like to have fun.

Hildegarde Braescoat thinks children should be seen and not heard They must not be lazy and should eat everything on their plates. And Hildegard Brasscoat never laughs.

Will their awful week together ever end?