You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Sleep! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…)

by Jim Pipe, Mark Bergin (Illustrations), David Salariya (Series Creator)

Most people spend a third of their life sleeping around 25 years or more! Like it or not, we all have to sleep. Yet sleep is also very mysterious. No one really knows why we do it. And how do we explain all those strange dreams? What scientists do understand, however, is that sleeping is essential for health and happiness. Learn about the strange sleep cycles throughout the animal kingdom, and the theories behind why people get tired or have terrifying nightmares.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens

36 pages, Hardcover

Published January 15, 2016

About the author

Jim Pipe studied Ancient & Modern History at Oxford University, then spent ten years in publishing before becoming a full-time writer. He has written numerous non-fiction books for children, many on historical subjects. He lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his lovely wife Melissa and his twin sons.

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting and informative book about sleep. We all learned quite a bit from reading it, and the short anecdotes really helped to spice up the narrative.

The information presented in this book is quite a bit more dense than what we've typically seen in other You Wouldn't Want to... books and it may be a bit too much for younger children.

We took our time reading it over the course of several nights so we could absorb the material better.

We really enjoyed reading this book together and will certainly look for more of these books at our local library.

new words: hypnagogic, Clinomania

[Mishka · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow a lot of information. iread a lot of you wouldn't want to live without ... but think this was the best one

[Wj Liu · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think parents should show their children these books or read to them.I also think this is a great book
for educational learning ,except the part which told you dead people might come alive, that part gave
me the shivers.this main idea is to tell children-parents that why you wouldn't want to live without
sleep.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably more information than is needed about what sleep is and why we need sleep.

[Meagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pros: Good health & safety topic for school; many conversation starters; practical and interesting info

Cons: secular prehistory and evolution

[Arushi · Rating 3 out of 5]

You wouldn't want to live without sleep, but if you did, you'd definitely go cuckoo!

[Evan Afton · Rating 1 out of 5]

this is mazing i love it!