What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, and Pajamas by Patricia Lauber
This picture book takes the reader through time and what sleeping was like. It starts with the Stone Ages where they slept on the ground in a lean to. They used fur for cover and blankets. The Egyptians made beds out of wicker and later out of wood. They did not use pillows and they leaned their beds toward the ground. The Greeks and Romans had day beds and bedrooms the size of closets. In the Middle Ages they all slept on the floor on a bed of hay. Seperate bed chambers and poster beds made their way in the late 1100's. While sleeping away from home in the 1300's, several men would sleep in the same bed at an Inn. By the 1500's houses started having seperate bedrooms. Lauber also gives a timeline of nightclothes through the ages.
This book reminds me of the Bluebonnet book that was nominated last year written about Pompei. My kids loved it. This would be a great nonfiction book to put in their hands to do research on. Students will flock to the book because of its ease and beautiful illustrations!!
This picture book takes the reader through time and what sleeping was like. It starts with the Stone Ages where they slept on the ground in a lean to. They used fur for cover and blankets. The Egyptians made beds out of wicker and later out of wood. They did not use pillows and they leaned their beds toward the ground. The Greeks and Romans had day beds and bedrooms the size of closets. In the Middle Ages they all slept on the floor on a bed of hay. Seperate bed chambers and poster beds made their way in the late 1100's. While sleeping away from home in the 1300's, several men would sleep in the same bed at an Inn. By the 1500's houses started having seperate bedrooms. Lauber also gives a timeline of nightclothes through the ages.
This book reminds me of the Bluebonnet book that was nominated last year written about Pompei. My kids loved it. This would be a great nonfiction book to put in their hands to do research on. Students will flock to the book because of its ease and beautiful illustrations!!
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