Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “What’s the tallest mountain in the world?” and “Are reindeer real?” We also have a fact about a very fast shark and an adventure/fantasty book recommendation you are sure to love! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   

Fact of the day book: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1124561 

Book recommendation:https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C868466 

Regarding Mountains: 

"Mount Everest." World Book Kids, 2025, 

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar831592. Accessed 08 Jan. 2025. 

https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest- LOTS OF INFO 

https://www.mos.org/blog/the-earth-around-us/Why-Hawaii#:~:text=By%20rising%20to%2013%2C800%20feet,Mount%20Everest%20by%20a%20mile! 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sir-edmund-hillary-tenzing-norgay-1953 

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highestpoint.html#:~:text=Mount%20Everest's%20peak%20is%20the,center%20than%20Mount%20Everest's%20summit. 

Summiting Everest by Emma Carlson Berne 

Regarding Reindeer: 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/reinderrvscaribou.htm 

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=santasreindeer.main#:~:text=All%20caribou%20and%20reindeer%20throughout,reindeer%20(R.t.%20fennicus)%2C%20Greenland 

https://www.rooftopreindeer.com/ 

"Reindeer." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/reindeer/63099. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025. 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/caribou#caribou-standing-grass.jpg 

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/reindeer-facts/ 

https://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/tundra.html 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29470/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-reindeer