101 Questions about Sleep and Dreams: That Kept You Awake Nights...Until Now [Library Binding]

Faith Hickman Brynie (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 8-11. Distilling information from dozens of recent clinical studies, Brynie pairs specific answers to brief questions on the nature and stages of sleep and its complex effects on the brain and body, sleep disorders, and the function of dreaming. Appended to each chapter is a separate discussion on the chapter's topic; accompanying the chapter "How and Why We Sleep," for example, is a section about teen sleeping habits. Other such sections discuss animal dreaming, a night in a sleep lab, and circadian rhythms. A generous multimedia resource list, a glossary, and extensive notes conclude. Although Brynie urges readers to get more sleep, be cautious when using chemical sleep aids, and consult a doctor for such seemingly innocuous symptoms as snoring; the density and utilitarian format of her presentation, like others in the 101 Questions About series, make it more suitable for research than for general reading. Byrnie closes with the thought that there are still more questions about sleep than answers--but her useful study provides much on a set of topics relevant to every reader. John Peters
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 176 pages
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT) (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761323120
• ISBN-13: 978-0761323129
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,003,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Faith Brynie started getting lots of letters from enthusiastic readers when her 2009 book Brain Sense (Amacom) was released. "It only took me 18 years and 24 books to become an overnight sensation!" she says.

Brynie, who's been working steadily as a science and health writer since 1991, has written numerous books for children, teens, and adults. Her 101 Questions... series (Twenty-First Century Books) is a staple on the shelves of high school and public libraries. Her Six-Minute Science Experiments and Six-Minute Nature Experiments (Sterling) have been sending children to their kitchens and their backyards for hands-on science activities for more than a decade. Her Painless Science Projects (Barron's) and her Parent's Crash Course: Elementary Science Fair Projects (Wiley) are classics on the science fair circuit. And she even has a new series of animal books for early readers coming out from Enslow in 2010. Several of her books have won "Best of the Year" honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and she's received accolades from the International Reading Association and the National Science Teachers Association. But Brain Sense is the first book to "make it big" in the bookstores.

Brynie, a former science teacher who holds a PhD from the University of Colorado, is diverse in her interests and the writing she puts out. She writes and edits for textbook companies, science and health newsletters and magazines, film companies and television, and private clients who employ her for everything from travel writing to novel critiques. "I write. That's what I do," Brynie says, so the flurry of positive responses that Brain Sense has generated has come as a happy surprise. "I tell some wonderful stories about some wonderful people in Brain Sense," she says. "It's their stories that make the book." Read more of them at Brynie's Psychology Today blog, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-sense. Visit Brynie's web site at http://home.centurytel.net/brynie.