Stump the Librarian

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “How do bees make honey?” and “How does a possum play dead?” You can send us your question at KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Regarding Bees... 

Sarah Ridley. Bee to Honey. Crabtree Publishing Company, 2018. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=0ef16ae6-cda2-3e2d-8ecc-36897af19cb9. 

https://www.manawahoney.co.nz/blog/the-wonder-of-how-bees-make-honey/ 

https://www.perfectbee.com/beekeeping-articles/outside-the-swarm/a-closer-look-at-how-bees-make-honey 

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

The Secret Life of Bees by Moira Butterfield 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C808599 

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Bees! By Alex Woolf https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C486864 

Regarding Possums... 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/opossum/57213 

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/opossum 

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

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

Feeling Queasy 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Why is there a metric system and an imperial system?” and “Why do people get seasick?” We also share a fact of the day about fast airplanes and recommend a library mystery novel. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Liz’s Fact of the Day: 1,000 Amazing World Facts 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1018270 

Jill’s Book Recommendation: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C943273 

Concerning the metric system: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtKbq_zAr-A 

https://usma.org/origin-of-the-metric-system# 

"Metric system." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Nov. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/metric-system/52355. Accessed 15 May. 2024. 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/measurement-system/108505 

Concerning motion sickness: 

https://www.asha.org/public/hearing/dizziness-and-balance/ 

https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/movement/2019/the-vestibular-system-the-brain-and-balance-013119 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2023.1150233/full 

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/motion-sickness/#causes 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_S._Cowings 

Do astronauts get motion sickness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCBXiOvdCF4 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Why doesn’t gravity work on balloons?” and “How do you make money when I don’t pay the library?” You can send us your question at KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Regarding Balloons... 

Up & Away! How Two Brothers Invented the Hot-Air Ballon by Jason Henry https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C612205 

"Balloon." World Book Kids, 2024, 

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar830355. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024. 

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

https://howthingsfly.si.edu/gravity-air/buoyancy 

https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/helium-balloons 

https://stratocat.com.ar/indexe.html 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/heres-why-meteorologists-launch-weather-balloons-every-day/877665 

Regarding libraries... 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/library/106477 

https://www.ala.org/aboutala/before-1876 

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

https://www.milibraries.org/penal-fines 

https://www.milibraries.org/state-aid-to-libraries#:~:text=Public%20libraries%20in%20Michigan%20are,fines%2C%20millages%20and%20State%20Aid. 

Potty Training for Astronauts 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?” and “What causes thunder and lightning?” We also share a fact of the day about diamonds and an awesome graphic novel recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Liz’s Fact of the Day: 513 Weird Facts Every Kid Should Know by Thomas Canavan 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1000498 

Jill’s Book Recommendation: Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C895871 

Concerning space toilets: 

The Astronaut’s Guide to Leaving the Planet by Terry Virts 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/bathroom-in-space 

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/ 

https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/space-hygiene/ 

Concerning thunder & lightning: 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/thunder/72323 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/lightning/48228 

https://www.weather.gov/media/pah/WeatherEducation/lightningsafety.pdf 

https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEiVi9TB_RQ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUNEFefftt8 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Do animals make friends?” and “How do bubbles work? Why are they always round?” You can send us your question at KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Regarding Animal BFFS... 

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

"Animal social behaviour." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3 Mar. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/animal-social-behaviour/110427. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/animal-behavior 

"Charles Scott." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310003891/UHIC?u=madi17239&sid=UHIC&xid=cccdcb74. Accessed 7 Nov. 2020. 

Regarding Bubbles.... 

https://www.cmosc.org/category/resources/ 

https://exetersciencecentre.org/projects/nibbles/bubbles/ 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/why-do-bubbles-pop.htm 

Make a square bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12UIOlzai5M 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Why are ladybugs and four-leaf clovers lucky?” and “Why do some foods taste salty and some taste sweet?” We also share a fact of the day about mapmaking and several heartwarming book recommendations. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Liz’s Fact of the Day: The Maps Book by Joanne Bourne 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C972130 

Jill’s Book Recommendations: A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C935518 

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C978558 

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C951435 

Concerning ladybugs & four-leaf clovers: 

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/ladybug 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/ladybug/46799/related#nodeId=websites&page=1 

https://www.celticbug.com/Legends/Lore.html 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/ladybug 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261899/ 

https://www.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=69552 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-leaf_clover 

Concerning tastebuds: 

https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/taste-buds.html 

http://cst.ufl.edu/that-neat-and-tidy-map-of-tastes-on-the-tongue-you-learned-in-school-is-all-wrong.html 

https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/tongue/72870 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24684-taste-buds 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279408/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZn2PMUWO-Y 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Where do bruises come from and where do they go?” and “What causes the Northern Lights?” We also share a fun fact of the day about crodile tears and non-fiction graphic novel recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Regarding bruises... 

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/bruises.html 

https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/cardiovascular-system/403974 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21640-blood-vessels 

Regarding the Northern Lights... 

https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/aurora/399350 

https://www.space.com/15139-northern-lights-auroras-earth-facts-sdcmp.html 

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/aurora/ 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/aurora/en/ 

https://global.hurtigruten.com/inspiration/experiences/northern-lights/myths-legends/#:~:text=Mythical%20fire%20foxes&text=The%20name%20comes%20from%20the,that%20lit%20up%20the%20sky. 

A Very Hairy Episode 

Join Jill & Liz as they answer the questions, “Why do we have eyebrows?” and “Why do cats purr?” We also share a fact of the day about knocking on wood and a powerful book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Liz’s Fact of the Day: The Good Luck Book by Heather Alexander 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C976162 

Jill’s Book Recommendation: Eagle Drums by N. R. Hopson 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C985171 

Concerning hair: 

https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/hair.html 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/hair/38817/related#nodeId=websites&page=1 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513312/ 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513312/ 

https://www.healthline.com/health/how-many-hairs-on-a-human-head 

Concerning purring: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purr 

https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/why-and-how-do-cats-purr/ 

https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1995/Questions-and-Answers-About-Wildlife 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-tomorrow/202311/why-and-how-cats-purr 

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-do-cats-purr-new-finding-challenges-long-held-assumptions 

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-are-the-largest-cats-known-to-purr 

Koala Criminals 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Why do we have fingerprints?” and “Why can't I remember being a baby?” We also share a fun fact of the day about tickles and a new book by Lisa Yee. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Concerning fingerprints 

https://umbc.edu/stories/how-did-i-get-my-own-unique-set-of-fingerprints/ 

https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/parts/why-do-we-have-fingerprints.htm 

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/finally-scientists-uncover-the-genetic-basis-of-fingerprints-70983 

"Fingerprint." World Book Kids, 2024, 

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar830835. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024. 

https://www.rd.com/article/why-do-we-have-fingerprints/ 

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

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/koala-fingerprints/ 

Concerning memories 

https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=FCZ5TTN20180812.00002&site=ehost-live&scope=site 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nHwQKT_muc 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-you-cant-remember-being-born-a-look-at-infantile-amnesia/ 

Join Liz & Jill as they answer the questions, “What makes the colors of a sunset?” and “Why do we hiccup?” We also share a fact of the day about clouds and a magical book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Liz’s Fact of the Day: Weird and Wonderful Nature 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C976169 

Jill’s Book Recommendation: Elf Dog & Owl Head 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C914825 

Concerning sunsets: 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/ 

https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/video/ourworld/our-world-sunsets-and-atmosphere 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/sunlight/70375 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcVr13Fw7w8 

Concerning hiccups: 

www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-science-behind-why-we-hiccup/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-curious-case-of-charles-osborne-who-hiccuped-for-68-years-straight-180980232/ 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21578-diaphragm 

"Hiccup." World Book Kids, 2024, 

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar830894. Accessed 25 Jan. 

Durant, Penny. “Hiccups.” Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups, and Coughs, DK, New York, NY, 2023, pp. 20–23.