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Title 5 minute really true stories for bedtime / [text by Jackie McCann, Jen Arena, Rachel Valentine, and Sally Symes ; illustrations by Amy Grimes, Anneli Bray, Christine Cuddihy, Jacqui Lee, Joanne Liu, Katie Rewse, Katie Wilson, Maddy Vian, Natalie Smillie, and Olivia Holden].

Publication Info. Greenbelt, Maryland : Britannica Books, 2020.

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Location Call No. Status
 Southington Library - Children  JE Explore 031.02 FIV    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J031.02 FI    Check Shelf
Description 191 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [189]) and index.
Summary "In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can go on a journey of wonder and learning to find out the answers to all these questions, and many more! Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms! There are 30 amazing 5-minute stories, with all facts verified by Britannica. Lavishly illustrated on every page with specially commissioned artwork, and packed full of up-to-the-minute, expert information, this book is the ultimate brainy bedtime companion for children aged 4 to 8."--Amazon.
Contents Why do we sleep? -- What are dreams? -- Heading to bed -- Sleeping champions! -- Record-breaking beds -- King Tut's beds -- Beds around the world -- Warm as toast! -- Asleep in space -- Rock-a-bye sleeping -- Sleeping on the move -- A busy night at the hospital -- Find it, fix it! -- The rush to market -- Night hunters -- The great sleep escape -- Watery beds -- How do they sleep? -- A grizzly bear's winter -- Remarkable hibernators -- Sunrise to sunset -- The midnight sun -- The Northern Lights -- A trip to the stars -- Stargazing -- Stories in the stars -- I see the Moon -- Fly me to the Moon -- Moon mysteries -- Lullabies around the world.
Subject Bedtime -- Juvenile literature.
Sleep -- Juvenile literature.
Sleeping customs -- Juvenile literature.
Night -- Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General (see also headings under Animals or Technology).
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Customs, Traditions, Anthropology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Bedtime & Dreams.
Bedtime. (OCoLC)fst00829541
Curiosities and wonders. (OCoLC)fst00885285
Night. (OCoLC)fst01037627
Sleep. (OCoLC)fst01120819
Sleeping customs. (OCoLC)fst01120869
Genre/Form Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
Added Author McCann, Jacqueline.
Arena, Jen.
Valentine, Rachel.
Symes, Sally.
Grimes, Amy.
Bray, Anneli.
Cuddihy, Christine.
Lee, Jacqui.
Liu, Joanne.
Rewse, Katie.
Wilson, Katie.
Vian, Maddy.
Smillie, Natalie.
Holden, Olivia.
What on Earth Publishing (Firm), publisher.
Added Title Five minute really true stories for bedtime
ISBN 9781912920655
1912920654
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