Stump the Librarian

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 

In this episode we answer the questions “How is paper recycled?” and “How do we know elephants never forget?” We also share a fact of the day from an East Grand Rapids librarian and share a funny science fiction book about a boy from outer space! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   

Monica’s Fact of the Day: Incredible Animal Trivia by Eric Braun 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C588948 

Liz’s book recommendation: Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C820597 

Concerning paper recycling: 

Pirzada, Abdul Majeed, et al. “Waste Paper Management of Academic Institute: An Environmental and Economics Perspective of Paper Recycling.” FUUAST Journal of Biology, vol. 13, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 123–30. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=1ad0536a-a843-3be0-8647-13ceb5974ca5.  

https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/materials/paper/web/html/papermaking.html#:~:text=Recycled%20paper%20processing%20mills%20use,paper%20sheets%20from%20each%20other.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cI8fT-9Koo&t=36s  

https://papergatorrecycling.com/  

https://michiganrecycles.org/  

https://www.afandpa.org/  

Concerning elephants: 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elephants-never-forget/  

"Elephant." World Book Kids, 2025,  

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar830685. Accessed 02 Jan. 2025.  

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9951961/#:~:text=Even%20though%20there%20is%20evidence,term%20olfactory%20memory%20in%20mammals.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition  

https://wildlifesos.org/chronological-news/the-remarkable-cognitive-abilities-of-elephants/  

How elephants listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYM9oXftLIQ  

Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel by Carl Safina  

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Why are school buses yellow?” and “What is up with the naked mole rat?” We also have a fact about the richest person in history and a 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!   

Regarding School Buses... 

https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/why-are-school-buses-yellow-a-teachers-college-professor-said-so/?_r=0 

https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/school-bus-safety 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/5h4gt5/viewer/pdf/n6fxxky7cv 

"Bus." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2011. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/bus/110736. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-school-bus-180980554/ 

https://thenewswheel.com/history-of-the-school-bus/ 

https://schoolbusfacts.com/About 

https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/357533/ 

Regarding Naked Mole Rats... 

"naked mole rat." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2024. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/naked-mole-rat/312630. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024. 

https://www.cmzoo.org/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole-rat 

https://www.joelsartore.com/search/naked%20mole%20rat/ 

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/naked-mole-rat-cam 

In this episode we answer the questions, “What is the one bone in the body that floats?” and “What is the Blue Glaucus and what does it eat?” We learn a fact of the day live from a Wyoming librarian and share a funny chapter book about a kid finding a heap of money. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!    

Jackie’s Fact of the Day: Amazing Facts- Olympics & Paralympics by Caroline Rowlands 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1128942 

Liz’s Book Recommendation: Birdie’s Billions by Edith Cohn 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C847068 

Concerning floating bones: 

https://www.britannica.com/science/neck-anatomy  

"human origins." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 17 Jun. 2021. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/human-origins/274982#332652-toc. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.  

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/hyoid-bone  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525790/  

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sesamoid-bone  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoid_bone  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesamoid_bone  

Concerning Blue Glaucus: 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/t27gom/viewer/pdf/rdifodpjh5  

https://tapro.sljol.info/articles/4386/files/submission/proof/4386-1-15623-1-10-20120603.pdf  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus  

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/inside-nature-featured-creature-blue-dragon/  

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/nudibranchs-psychedelic-thieves-of-the-sea.html  

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/september/hms-challenger-how-150-year-old-expedition-still-influences-scientific-discoveries-today.html  

https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/cladobranchia/aeolidioidea/glaucus-atlanticus/#:~:text=Glaucus%20atlanticus%20Forster%2C%201777&text=Taxonomic%20source%3A%20World%20Register%20of,British%20naturalist%20Johann%20Reinhold%20Forster.  

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Why do we yawn?” and “why does my voice sound different on a recording?” We also have a fact about a sailing stones and a cozy mystery 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 

Liz Recomends: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1026388 

Regarding yawning... 

https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2017.00052 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/yawning 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3534187/#abstract1 

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-faqs/why-do-you-yawn  

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/what-to-know-about-yawning 

Animals yawning montage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oBimtQ1yY4 

Regarding hearing... 

https://youtu.be/uvosNz0Xq7g?si=rg49h7wtA4K1GCql 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/human-ear/109529 

https://www.livescience.com/52287-ear-anatomy.html 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/5h4gt5/viewer/pdf/rgfnj35edn 

Beeghly, Kelsey. “Link to the Library of Congress Etching the Human Voice: Exploring the History of Sound Recording Technology.” Music Educators Journal, vol. 110, no. 3, Mar. 2024, pp. 13–15. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/00274321241237728. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/89714876/ 

https://time.com/5084599/first-recorded-sound/ 

In this episode we answer the questions, “How does GPS work?” and “Why do I have to brush my teeth?” We learn a fact of the day from a Byron Township librarian and share a fantasy chapter book that would be perfect for fans of magic & animals. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   

Natalie’s Fact of the Day: Do Your Best: How to Be a Scout by Bear Grylls 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1124549 

Jill’s Book Recommendation: The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C128389 

Concerning teeth: 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/qctlkj/viewer/html/ve23g2rbjj 

"Teeth." World Book Kids, 2024, 

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar831454. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024. 

"tooth." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 26 Sep. 2024. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/tooth/72898#main-ada. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024. 

"tooth decay." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2024. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/tooth-decay/313860#main-ada. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024. 

https://www.ada.org/resources/ada-library/dental-history 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24655-teeth 

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2019/05/mouth-microbes#:~:text=Do%20you%20know%20what's%20in,microbes. 

Concerning GPS: 

https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm 

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/gps/howitworks 

https://www.formulaboats.com/blog/history-of-navigation-at-sea-from-stars-to-the-modern-day-gps/ 

https://www.geotab.com/blog/what-is-gps/ 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/space-communications-navigation-program/gps/ 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/gps/en/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_GPS 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “How do we know what stars are made of?” and “Why does my stomach growl when I’m hungry?” We also have a fact about a megaldon shark and a 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!   

Hannah’s Fact of the Day: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1018270 

Liz’s Book Recommendation: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C947178 

Regarding stars... 

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/science-field/stellar-astronomy 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-first-to-describe-what-stars-are-made-of 

https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/ 

https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/symphony-of-stars-the-science-of-stellar-sound-waves/ 

"Star." World Book Kids, 2024, 

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar831371. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024. 

The Fire of Stars by Kirsten W. Larson 

Regarding Stomachs... 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/sbdrh4/viewer/html/7uqk6tomrj 

https://research.ebsco.com/c/sbdrh4/viewer/html/23uhqty5gf 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqwTeM9h-Rc 

school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/digestive-system/353054 

In this episode we answer the questions, “How do animals that live underground know where they’re going?” and “Why can’t I tickle myself?” We learn a fact of the day from an East Grand Rapids librarian and share a realistic fiction chapter book that would be a great family readaloud. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   

Jenny’s Fact of the Day: Why? Encyclopedia: Brilliant Answers to Baffling Questions: 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1124549 

Jill’s Book Recommendation: The Turtle of Michigan by Naomi Shahib Nye 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6329781 

Concerning underground animals: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIaawmwyFvQ  

https://research-ebsco-com.kdl.idm.oclc.org/c/qctlkj/viewer/pdf/n6agbt7wgv  

https://research.ebsco.com/c/5h4gt5/viewer/html/53sgntcegb  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossorial  

Concerning being ticklish: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knismesis_and_gargalesis  

https://www.livescience.com/33378-ticklish-animals.html  

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-cant-you-tickle-yourself  

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-cant-a-person-tickle/  

Evolutionary protection via tickling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqzCr7J7YW8  

Rat tickle video: https://youtu.be/78PfGQbL-g0  

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Why are Dalmatians associated with fire trucks?” and “How do hamsters fit so much stuff in their cheeks?” We also share a fun fact of the day about the Artic Birds and a graphic novel about DND playing dogs. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump or email us at [email protected] We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Concerning Dalmatians: 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Dalmatian/28606 

https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/dalmatian/ 

https://www.livescience.com/33293-dalmatians-official-firehouse-dogs.html 

https://www.rd.com/article/why-firehouse-dogs-usually-dalmatians/ 

https://youtu.be/BJBH2unSQBI 

Concerning Hamsters: 

Curious About Hamsters: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C913386 

Homemade for Hamsters: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C486355 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_pouch 

https://www.ifaw.org/animals/wild-hamsters 

Hamster stuck in candle jar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZ6gzyg7yY 

Hamster makes a U-turn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzuNr0ulUY 

Jill and Liz are BACK for season 5. As always, we are here to answer your questions! Follow us to get a new episode every other Wednesday afternoon. 

In this episode we answer the questions “Why are some people left-handed?” and “Are all mosquitoes that bite female?” We also share a fact of the day from a Rockford librarian and share a historical fiction book with adventure and spy stuff! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!  

Shannon’s Fact of the Day: Yes? No! Maybe So… by Julie Beer 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1124562 

Jill’s book recommendation: Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C990059 

Concerning left-handedness: 

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain#:~:text=But%20handedness%20has%20its%20roots,in%20language%20and%20speech%20areas.  

https://www.dictionary.com/e/sinister-dexter-left-right-word-origin-history/  

https://www.history.com/news/why-are-left-handers-called-southpaws  

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37423-8  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/  

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness  

Concerning mosquitoes: 

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mosquito  

school.eb.com/levels/high/article/mosquito/53915.  

https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/index.html  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585164/