You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Sleep

by Jim Pipe, Mark Bergin (Illustrator)

Sleep is very mysterious. No one really knows why we do it. And how do we explain all those strange dreams? What scientists do know is that sleeping is essential for health and happiness. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Sleep! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them. Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 24, 2020

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!