Good Night to Your Fantastic Elastic Brain

(Hardback)

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Age range 5 to 9

From the award-winning creators of Your Fantastic Elastic Brain comes a new adventure into the science of how the brain works at night, and the importance of sleep!

When you go to sleep, what does your brain do Does it rest too It can't because it's busy working while you snooze! It repairs, and resets, and helps your body even when you aren't awake.

Using up-to-date research to explore our brains' critical functions when we are asleep, psychology experts JoAnn and Terrence Deak invite kids (and adults) to unpack all the amazing things your brain is doing when you're not awake and why it's so important to get your sleep!

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the text [...] reveals how these functions contribute to learning, being resilient, making better decisions, and staying healthy. [...] The incorporation of cheery children throughout make these lessons on brain health all the more enjoyable -- Booklist

A solid choice for libraries wanting to update their health resources -- School Library Connection

Anyone who wants to have a simple, but extensive, understanding of how the brain works will appreciate this book. -- Youth Services Book Review

This agreeable and scientifically thorough exploration of sleep and the human brain will interest and engage scientifically minded readers -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

JOANN DEAK, PhD, is an author, international speaker, educator, and preventive psychologist. Located in Columbus, Ohio, she also works with parents, teachers, and other adults who work with children as a consultant to schools worldwide on issues of brain development and gender equality. TERRENCE DEAK, PhD is a professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at Binghamton University in upstate New York, where he runs a highly active neuroscience laboratory.