101 questions about sleep and dreams : that kept you awake nights ... until now / Faith Hickman Brynie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brynie, Faith Hickman, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sleep--Juvenile literature.

Sleep.

Sleep--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Dreams--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Dreams.

Sleep disorders--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Sleep disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As in previous books in this critically acclaimed series, Brynie polled hundreds of high school students across the country to find out what they wanted to know most about sleep and dreams. Using an accessible question-and-answer format, Brynie helps readers discover and learn facts about the physical, emotional, and social topics surrounding sleeping and dreaming, including how and why we sleep, sleep disorders, and sleep and the brain.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Chapter One: 16 Questions About How And Why We Sleep

Slumbering Sea Lions And Other Enigmas

Chapter Two: 17 Questions About When And How Much We Sleep

Cheer Up, Sleepy Teens

Chapter Three: 22 Questions About Sleep And The Brain

Spinning For Science

Chapter Four: 21 Questions About Sleep Disorders

One Night In A Sleep Lab

Chapter Five: 25 Questions About Dreams And Dreaming

Do Animals Dream?

In Closing: More Questions Than Answers

Glossary

For Further Information

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4677-0350-8