Product Description

Bedtime often seems to come too early, but what would happen if you never went to sleep? When scientists decided to find out, they discovered that your brain needs a rest after a long day of thinking, just as your muscles would need a rest after a long day of work.
A different kind of bedtime story, this book is the perfect response to the question ‘Can’t I stay up a little longer?’

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55363 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-30
• Released on: 1997-04-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780064451413
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2. A basic look at a necessary activity. Showers describes the sleeping positions of several animals and asks readers to think about their own positions (standing up or lying down) while they sleep. The different amounts of sleep required by humans of various ages are indicated from infant through adult. Comparisons are made between the arms and legs, which can be rested during the day, and the brain, which requires sleep in order to relax. The book briefly shows how sleep deprivation affected a group of scientists, and points out similar responses such as lack of concentration in overtired children or parents. The final pages describe what its like to fall asleep. The bright cut-paper cartoons feature people of all ethnic backgrounds, ages, and genders, set against both daylight and nighttime scenes. This is a thoughtful place to begin learning about bodily processes or perhaps for parents needing help dealing with bedtime and its importance.?Marsha McGrath, Clearwater Public Library, FL
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Ages 3^-6. Twenty-five years after its first publication, this classic Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book has been reissued with a few minor changes in the simple text and with entirely new full-color illustrations. Watson has replaced her original crosshatched ink drawings with big, bright, clear collage-type pictures that show how animals and people sleep and what happens when they don't get their rest. Hazel Rochman

About the Author
Paul Showers has written
many of the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out-Science series’ most popular titles, among them Where Does the Garbage Go?, illustrated by Randy Chewning. Mr. Showers lives in Palo Alto, CA.

Wendy Watson has illustrated numerous classic picture books, including A, B, C, D, Tummy, Toes, Hands, Knees by B. J. Hennessey. Ms. Watson lives in Groton, VT.

Customer Reviews

A real sleep aid....
This is a brilliant book. I purchased it when my 2.5 year old son was refusing to sleep to try to explain to him that everyone sleeps, and why everyone sleeps. I could relate the facts in the book to things he understood, including when Caroline (a character in the book) goes to sleep and how she gets cranky when she doesn't get her nap. Thereafter he would say he needed his sleep so that he wasnt cranky like Caroline! He loves reading the book before nap and bed time - and the last few pages about drifting off to sleep help him unwind and relax ready for his own sleep. I also learnt a few things from this book - who knew that chickens eyelids go up, or that snakes have no eyelids!

Decent book about sleep and its importance
I started reading this to my daughter when she was 2 yrs old. This book gets 3 stars from me, because it is good, but has a few flaws. I believe the overall aim of the book was to discuss sleep and its importance in a way kids can understand. It generally accomplished that, though I had to simplify some of the language for a 2 yr old. The flaws are:

-Some of the illustrations are a little odd--not disturbing images or anything, but not particularly attractive either. There are just a few pages like this.

-Near the end, it mentions that the little girl is tired and "throws things" and the mom yells at her. I think this is inappropriate for my daughter and edit it as I'm reading. It's not so much a problem for me, but when others read this book to her (my husband, my mom, baby-sitters, etc.), I don't think to tell them to edit it. Now she's 3.5 yrs old and would ask even more questions about that than when she was 2, so it would be great if the book had been edited a little differently . . .

In conclusion, it's a fine book--not one we read every week, but it is still in rotation 1.5 yrs after having purchased it.