{"id":893,"date":"2020-10-23T06:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=893"},"modified":"2020-10-22T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:45:16","slug":"5-minute-really-true-stories-for-bedtime-30-amazing-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/5-minute-really-true-stories-for-bedtime-30-amazing-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime: 30 Amazing Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5minutereallytruestories-595x809.jpg?resize=525%2C714&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"714\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12861\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HpmgDg\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781912920655\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781912920655?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime: 30 Amazing Stories<\/em><br \/>\nby Sally Symes, Jacie McCann, Jen Arena and Rachel Valentine (Authors) and Amy Grimes, Anneli Bray, Christine Cuddihy, Jacqui Lee, Joanne Liu, Katie Rewse, Katie Wilson, Maddy Vian, Natalie Smillie and Olivia Holden (Illustrators) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Why do we sleep? How do sharks snooze underwater? Where is the oldest bed in the world? <\/p>\n<p>In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can find out the answers to all these questions, and many more!<\/p>\n<p>Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5minutereallytruestories2-595x403.jpg?resize=525%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12863\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5minutereallytruestories3-595x403.jpg?resize=525%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12864\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5minutereallytruestories4-595x403.jpg?resize=525%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12865\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iMRaEl2FY1M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iMRaEl2FY1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book trailer<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime: 30 Amazing Stories by Sally Symes, Jacie McCann, Jen Arena and Rachel Valentine (Authors) and Amy Grimes, Anneli Bray, Christine Cuddihy, Jacqui Lee, Joanne Liu, Katie Rewse, Katie Wilson, Maddy Vian, Natalie Smillie and Olivia Holden (Illustrators) Booktalk: Why do we sleep? How do &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/5-minute-really-true-stories-for-bedtime-30-amazing-stories\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime: 30 Amazing Stories&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-ep","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":812,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/dream-big-little-scientists-a-bedtime-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":893,"position":0},"title":"Dream Big, Little Scientists: A Bedtime Book","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"July 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Dream Big, Little Scientists: A Bedtime Book by Michelle Schaub (Author) and Alice Potter (Illustrator) Booktalk: Twelve kids. 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