Sleep (Imagine This!)

by Barbara Herkert (Author) Daniel Long (Illustrator)

Sleep (Imagine This!)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Imagine This!
From whales and elephants to cicadas and spiders, discover how and why living creatures rest. What is sleep? What is resting? What is the difference between them? This book explains that difference by looking at why people need sleep, how we sleep, and looking at how animals either sleep or rest.
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Curious students tempted to dive into this may want to sleep on it.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3--Part of the "Imagine This!" series, this title delves into how and why sleep is a necessary function and what various animals do during their slumber. The main text discusses sleep cycles, how long different species sleep, and how some animals only sleep with half their brain at a time. Additional details, such as the lack of REM sleep in dolphins and whales, are in smaller font and tucked into the illustrations rather than set aside in text boxes. Illustrations show a variety of animals resting--puppies snuggled on a blanket, sperm whales "floating tail-down," bats hanging from tree branches. The final spread is a baby in a crib accompanied by an explanation of how the amount of sleep needed changes as humans grow. Back matter includes an author's note, glossary, and suggested books. Readers will be surprised to learn that animals as varied as jellyfish and elephants sleep in very different ways. This book strikes a nice balance between explaining the human need for sleep and how our sleep cycles compare to those of animals around the world. VERDICT A solid introduction to the biological function of sleep; sure to please budding biologists and those who keep asking "Why do I have to go to bed?"--Suzanne Costner

Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Barbara Herkert
Barbara Herkert has been creating stories since the first grade and is also the author of Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter. She received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and studied art and art history at Oregon State University. She now lives on the Oregon coast with her family and spends time in a log house near Bend, Oregon. You can learn more about Barbara and her books at BarbaraHerkert.com.

Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught illustrator, doll maker, and crafter who studied fashion illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and children's book illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the author and illustrator of Let Freedom Sing and Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table and has illustrated numerous children's books, including One Love and Every Little Thing, words by Bob & Cedella Marley, and Presenting Tallulah by Tori Spelling. Vanessa currently makes her nest in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and a very rambunctious cat named Stripes. Learn more about Vanessa and her artwork at OohLaLaDesignStudio.blogspot.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780807574355
Lexile Measure
1020
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
October 27, 2022
Series
Imagine This!
BISAC categories
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF051050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Biology
JNF067000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Bedtime & Dreams
Library of Congress categories
Sleep
Picture books
Physiological aspects

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