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What You Never Knew about Beds, Bedrooms, & Pajamas (Around-The-House History)

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< ul type=disc> < P> < li> 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.< /li> < P> < P> < li> Nightclothes were first worn in the 1500s. Before that, people slept in their day clothes, their underwear, or nothing at all.< /li> < P> < P> < li> In Ancient Rome, bedrooms were small. A servant guarded the doorway by sleeping across it.< /li> < P> < /ul> < P> < P> 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.< P> < P>

Synopsis:

  • 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.

Synopsis:

Lauber provides an illustrated time line of how the world's been waking up since the dawn of time.
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About the Author

Patricia Lauber is the author of the Around-the-House series and more than 125 other books for young people. Her Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of St. Helens was a Newbery Honor Book. She lives with her husband and two cats, Beemer and MeToo, in New Canaan, Connecticut. John Manders uses an old master's technique of layering colored glazes over a monochromatic underpainting and does extensive research for many of his projects. He and his wife, Lisa, live with two dogs and a parrot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689852114
Author:
Manders, John
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Author:
Lauber, Patricia
Subject:
General
Subject:
Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Sociology
Subject:
Customs & Traditions
Subject:
Curiosities & Wonders
Subject:
Bedrooms
Subject:
Beds
Subject:
Sleeping customs.
Subject:
Pajamas
Copyright:
2006
Edition Description:
B221
Series:
Around-The-House History
Publication Date:
November 2006
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
40
Dimensions:
9.5 x 10 in
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
4-8
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  • 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.

"Synopsis" by , Lauber provides an illustrated time line of how the world's been waking up since the dawn of time.
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