How Do We Dream?

How Do We Dream? Edited by Jack Myers

When I was a little girl, I was really really curious. So one year for Christmas, my mom (Santa at the time was how I knew her) put a series of books edited by Highlights Science Editor Jack Myers under the tree to answer some of my burning questions. Each book had a different overall "concept," and the book I chose to examine for this blog was How Do We Dream? which contains questions about our bodies.

Children send questions into this super smart man, who attempts to give the best answer that he can. Some of the coolest questions I found in this book were "Why is your mind always thinking?" "How come when you tickle yourself it doesn't tickle, but when somebody else tickles you it tickles?" and "My right hand is bigger than my left hand. Can you explain this?"

I never really truly realized the amazing-ness of these books until now. They are definitely for the curious learner; the one with all the questions. I also realize now that these would be PERFECT for a classroom library! If students have a question or inquiry about something science related, it is almost sure-fire that one of these books has the answer that he/she could be looking for. I love books like this; they are basically written by kids for kids. To think that so many children had so many questions they wanted answered that they were published in a series of informative books so neat, since there might very well be children with the same question out there, wanting to have it answered as well. The concept of these books is great; asking questions leads to learning more than you ever thought possible. It teaches children that if they ever want to know something, they can either ask or seek out the answers on their own. These books are wonderful.