The book I’m looking for was a children’s book where a boy wakes up in the morning and a series of Rube-Goldberg-like machines get him out of bed, brushes his teeth, makes toast and breakfast, and carries him through many daily tasks until he’s ultimately deposited at the bottom of long staircase that he then climbs for the rest of the day to get back to his bed.
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Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead by William Pène du Bois.
I’m pretty sure it’s Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead, by William Pène Du Bois. I loved it as a kid!
If that 1966 title is correct, it’s at the Solved Mysteries page, with many details. Note the three other books in that Seven Deadly Sins series, by the same author – plus the details about a Ray Bradbury story from 1950.
http://www.loganberrybooks.com/solved-l.html