What You Never Knew about Beds, Bedrooms, & Pajamas

By Lauber, Patricia & Manders, John

Publishers Summary:
You make your bed in the morning. At times in the past, people really made their beds -- and at night they stuffed straw into a sack, making a bed to lie on. Nightclothes were first worn in the 1500s. Before that, people slept in their day clothes, their underwear, or nothing at all. In Ancient Rome, bedrooms were small. A servant guarded the doorway by sleeping across it. Learn these facts and more in this true but funny account as Newbery Honor Patricia Lauber and celebrated illustrator John Manders go under the covers to explore beds, bedrooms, and pajamas since the Stone Age. They'll show you how the world's been sleeping since the dawn of time.

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ISBN
978-0-68985-211-4
Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2006.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2007

Gr 2-5 Focusing on sleeping customs through the ages, Lauber begins with the Stone Age and moves up to the 1700s, but includes some more contemporary facts as well. She also corrects common myths, such as the idea that ancient Egyptians reposed on headrests to keep their hairdos neat (not true, since th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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