"The '100000 Whys: Science Picture Book Hall' is an excellent science popularization work created by the '100000 Whys' brand for contemporary children, representing a wonderful integration of science and art. This set of books uses advanced publishing concepts to narrate science in a lively and interesting form, accompanied by high-quality illustrations, which can inspire children's curiosity and let them feel the charm of science."
— Ye Shuhua, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Astronomer)

"The '100000 Whys: Science Picture Book Hall' presents profound scientific content in a way that is both visually appealing and easy to understand, with exquisite and vivid illustrations, providing a high-quality intellectual feast for children."
— Yang Xiongli, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Neurobiologist, Physiologist)

"A great book to inspire children's love for science and to let them feel the charm of science."
— Chu Junhao, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Expert in Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Infrared Physicist)

"The '100000 Whys: Science Picture Book Hall' opens the door to science for children, making them willing to approach science, and thus aspiring to explore science, laying the foundation for the cultivation of scientific and technological innovation talents in our country."
— Cheng Jing, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Medical Biophysicist)

"Interest in science should be cultivated from childhood. How to make children develop an interest in science and attract them to enter the door of science, '100000 Whys: Science Picture Book Hall' has made exemplary explorations."
— Ge Junbo, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Medical Scientist)

"The '100000 Whys: Science Picture Book Hall' captivates with interesting questions and opens with vivid stories, sowing the seeds of science in the hearts of young readers. The combination of science and art, with countless questions answered by science, illustrated and beautifully written, stimulates children's curiosity, encourages them to develop a spirit of scientific exploration, enhances their desire for knowledge, and improves their learning ability. This is a good book, a collection, and a fine product of two generations of scientists—father and daughter working together!"
— Cong Bin, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Pathologist, Forensic Scientist)

"The '100000 Whys: Science Picture Book Hall' creatively integrates scientific picture book stories with the classic '100000 Whys' Q&A, allowing children to fall in love with science from shallow to deep, using curiosity as an internal driving force to explore the world."
— Jin Li, Academician (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Evolutionary Geneticist)

★A 60-year-old classic brand and the scientific enlightenment for generations! The renowned popular science brand "100000 Whys" is now available for the first time as a picture book, a major work of scientific picture books specially created for children aged 3-8!
★Academies Zeng Yitao, the first director of the Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics, and Professor Zeng Fanyi, the director of the Institute of Medical Genetics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, have jointly edited this work, which has received recommendations from seven Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including Ye Shuhua and Yang Xiongli!
★An ultra-strong author lineup, with frontline scientists from around the world and renowned Chinese illustrators joining forces!
★Winner of the 2023 "Shanghai Best Book" and a finalist for the "2023 China Best Book"!
★The volume "Why Do People Dream?" was a finalist at the 2023 Bologna Children's Book Fair and the "10th National Book Design Art Award"!
★8 books, 8 major themes, over 100 questions, and over 300 knowledge points, covering all aspects of scientific literacy. This series covers eight major fields: human body, architectural geometry, neuroscience, dinosaurs, universe, animals, medicine, and plants, answering children's questions, inspiring their curiosity, and filling them with interest in the world and confidence in the future.
★Science picture books + science Q&A + science art interaction manuals, a three-tiered design to stimulate internal motivation. Building scientific thinking, fostering innovative abilities, and enhancing artistic literacy to cultivate children for the future!

This series includes 8 titles:
Did Dinosaurs Smell Fragrance of Flowers?
Are Birds Descended from Dinosaurs?
Why Do Meteors Fall on Earth?
Why are pyramids triangular?
Why Do People Dream?
Why Are There So Many Kinds of Dogs in the World?
Why Should We Be Vaccinated?
Where Does the Food We Eat Go?

Everyone dreams, but why do you only remember one dream when you have 4~6 dreams every night? Why do you think your dreams are black and white even though your dreams are colorful? Do animals dream? To understand dreams is to understand our brain and ourselves. This book will take you to explore the mystery of dreams and brain.

This book combines story and knowledge extension to answer children’s creative questions about sleep and dreaming in the second half of the book. For instance, “Is it easier to fall asleep when it is quieter?” “How do dolphins sleep in water?” Children are given a further insight into sleep by this way. The book also has an interactive booklet to assist children to better retell the story and deepen their memorization of knowledge by using mind maps, recording dreams, and making a schedule.

When you go to sleep, although your body rests, your brain is still busy, because it has to make dreams.
When you have a beautiful dream, you will wake up with an enamored feeling:
Why does it just a dream?
When you have a nightmare, you will wake up feeling incredibly grateful:
I'm lucky it was a dream!
I don't want to dream!
Even if you think this way, it's not up to you.
Everyone has 4 to 6 dreams every night, and there are several dreams waiting for you tonight.
However, when you wake up tomorrow, you may only remember one dream which is the one you wake up with, and you will forget everything else!
It is because when a person sleeps, light sleep and deep sleep alternate, which is the curve of the human sleep cycle, and only the dreams you have during light sleep (sleep I) can be remembered.
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Can counting help to fall asleep?
After a long day’s work, the nerve cells in the cerebral cortex slowly enter a state of rest, and people will go to sleep. But counting will wake up these nerve cells and tell them “Don't rest. Get up and count”. Some people forget the number to count and they have to start from the beginning. In this way, the nerve cells cannot rest at all, and people cannot sleep.

About teh Author
Zhu Yingbo is a doctor of clinical medicine from Tongji University, a doctor of joint training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, a recipient of Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Talent Program, and a visiting scholar at Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard University. He has published a number of SCI academic papers and popular science articles in Xinmin Evening News. He is also the author of the books “Although We are Normal People, We Can Break the Break the Cocoon into A Butterfly” and “53 Psychological Skills in the Workplace”.

About the Illustrator
Zhai Yuanzhen's pen name is Zhai Zhai. She is an illustrator and author picture books. She has started to engage in picture book creation in 2019, and has illustrated many children's literature works and magazines. Her published picture books include “Hi, Beijing”, “Hi, Harbin”, “Vegetable Tribe” and “Fruit Tribe”. She once studied communication design in Germany, and her illustrations and comics have been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art and the City Hall Church in Saarbrücken, Germany for many times. Her illustration works “Where to Go in the Dreams” and “The Daily Life of a Beaver” have been shortlisted for the 2019-2020 National Illustration Biennale.