Stump the Librarian

Welcome to Stump the Librarian a podcast where two librarians answer questions from YOU the listener! Submit your question at KDL.org/stump and follow this podcast to get all the season 4 episodes straight to your listening device. 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “How old was the oldest person to live?” and “What is the most expensive book ever sold?” We also give an ocean fact of the day and recommend the book Lupe Wong Won’t Dance. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected] 

Concerning Old Age: 

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/21/longevity-expert-3-reasons-the-worlds-oldest-person-lived-to-122.html#:~:text=Jeanne%20Calment%2C%20a%20French%20woman,links%20between%20health%20and%20longevity. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people#:~:text=The%20oldest%20person%20ever%20whose,116%20years%20and%2054%20days. 

https://grg.org/WSRL/TableE.aspx 

https://askabiologist.asu.edu/questions/what-oldest-living-thing-earth 

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/oldest-living-animals-on-earth-today/ 

Concerning Expensive Books: 

https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/inflation/275058 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex 

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

https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Leonardo-da-Vinci/108470#59097.toc 

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Do fish get thirsty?” and “How do lightning bugs light up?” We also share a fun fact of the day about the Philippines and a #1 nonfiction book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Jill’s Fact of the Day: Philippines https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C940866 

Liz’s Book Recommendation: Is It Okay to Pee in the Ocean? https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C936618 

Concerning fish: 

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/neuroscience-thirst-brain-tells-look-water/ 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/fish/111049 

Concerning fireflies: 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-and-why-do-fireflies/ 

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=18279#article/ar830840 

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/michigan-insects-in-the-garden-week-7-fireflies 

https://www.massaudubon.org/get-involved/community-science/firefly-watch 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/synchronous-fireflies-light-up-smoky-mountains-national-park 

https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/talk-like-a-firefly/ 

Join Liz and Jill as they answer the questions “What dogs are hypoallergenic?” and “Why do wombats poop cubes?” We also recommend the book “Willodeen” by Katherine Applegate and talk about memorable birthdays. To submit your own question go to KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected] 

Join Liz and Jill as they answer the questions “Why are the tops of some waves white?” and “What is the busiest airport in the world?” We also recommend the book “Willowdeen” and share a fact of the day about a bee bus stop. To submit your own question go to KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected] 

Regarding waves:

What Are Waves? | Science at the Beach! | SciShow Kids 

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/wave/276157 

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

Regarding Airports:

https://www.oldest.org/structures/oldest-airports-in-us/ 

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

https://usabynumbers.com/smallest-airports-in-the-us/ 

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/10/world-busiest-airports-airports-council-international-ranking.html 

https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/the-best-and-worst-airports-in-america-readers-choice-awards-2014 

Join Liz and Jill as they answer the questions “How does wind work?” and “what are cobwebs?” We also recommend the book “The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels” and share a fact of the day about spiders. To submit your own question go to KDL.org/stump or email us at [email protected] 

Concerning wind: 

Where Does Wind Come From? Crash Course Geography #8 

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

Concerning Cobwebs: 

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/the-secret-behind-the-creation-of-cobwebs.html 

Diving bell spider: Diving Bell Spider Thumbs Spider Nose at Rules, Lives Underwater 

Spiders & Their Webs: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C32502 

Scurry! The Truth About Spiders: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C851843 

This book has a Spider Web Challenge, an experiment that you can do at home, trying to build your own spider web! 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Do worms have tongues?” and “Which animals have opposable thumbs?” We also share a bat fact of the day and a historical fiction book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Concerning worms: 

https://discovery.ebsco.com/c/qctlkj/viewer/html/qxxjaef27z 

https://web.p.ebscohost.com/scirc/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=a1d2154a-c7c5-47ba-9ef9-4fa7acc8d467%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9c2NpcmMtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=149004108&db=sch 

https://animalcorner.org/animals/worms/ 

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Oligochaeta/ 

Worms Are Wonderful | Amazing Animals | Backyard Science | SciShow Kids 

Concerning opposable thumbs: 

https://kidadl.com/facts/get-a-grip-animals-with-opposable-thumbs-that-will-amaze-all-kids 

https://www.britannica.com/animal/primate-mammal/Hands-and-feet#ref876331 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb#Opposition_and_apposition 

Here’s a fun activity to try at home that shows why thumbs are important! 

https://www.generationgenius.com/activities/external-animal-parts-activity-for-kids/ 

Join Liz and Jill as they answer questions from YOU the listener. This week we’re answering “Are cartoons matter?” and “What is the difference between coffee beans and cocoa beans?” To submit your own question go to KDL.org/Stump or email us at [email protected] We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Regarding Matter (and cartoons)…. 

https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=18279#article/ar831153 

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/solids-liquids-and-gases/what-is-matter/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(2018_TV_series) 

https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/television/353844 

https://sciencebehindpixar.org/pipeline/animation 

Regarding beans... 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/coffee-production/111045 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/cocoa/111133 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/history-of-coffee/633463 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Can a sailboat sail forever with a fan?” and “How do cruise ships stay afloat?” We also share a boat fact of the day and a storytelling book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Jill’s Fact of the Day, Boats! (And Other Things That Float) https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C850226 

Liz’s book recommendation, The Storyteller’s Handbook https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C895894 

Concerning sailboats: 

https://wgvu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/kqed09.sci.phys.maf.kqedsailing/the-physics-of-sailing/ 

Is It Possible To Blow Your Own Sail? 

Fan Cart - Blowing into your own Sail- part 1 // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany 

https://projectarchaeology.org/2020/01/17/how-sailing-happened/ 

Concerning cruise ships: 

Bill Nye explains buoyancy: Bill Nye the Science Guy - S01E05 Buoyancy 

Royal Caribbean: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/ 

Archimedes: https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=18279#article/ar832494 

Book: Adler, David A. Things That Float and Things That Don’t New York: Holiday House, c2013 

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “How come people don’t have to pay for books at the library?” and “How do volcanoes happen?” To submit your own question go to KDL.org/Stump or email us at [email protected] We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Regarding library books... 

https://taxfoundation.org/tax-basics/property-tax/ 

https://www.milibraries.org/state-aid-to-libraries 

https://www.ala.org/aboutala 

https://peterboroughtownlibrary.org 

https://kdl.org/about/policies/ 

Regarding volcanoes... 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/volcano/108777 

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/plate-tectonics-volcanic-activity 

https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/volcano/353902