Join Liz and Jill as we answer the questions “What year was the first phone invented?” and “What noise does a seahorse make?” We have a fact about buying books for the library and a road trip novel that you are sure to love! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!  

Regarding telephones... 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/telephone/110260 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone#:~:text=1667:%20Robert%20Hooke%20invents%20a,(non%2Delectrical)%20telephone. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/theres-a-1200-year-old-phone-in-the-smithsonian-collections-180947641/ 

"Alexander Graham Bell." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 May. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Alexander-Graham-Bell/15220. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026. 

Regarding Seahorses... 

Seahorses by Melissa Gish: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C921475 

Sea horse. (2024). Salem Press Primary Encyclopedia.  

https://www.livescience.com/46718-seahorses-growl.html 

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sea-life/seahorse-facts/ 

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/seahorses-make-racket 

www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/seahorse-fact-sheet 

https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/seahorses-growl-when-theyre-stressed/ 

https://projectseahorse.org/ 

https://www.theseahorsetrust.org/seahorse-facts/ 

Pygmy seahorse camouflage: https://youtu.be/Q3CtGoqz3ww?si=uspCBEInzoqShwKr