In today’s episode we answer the questions, “How do owls fly so quietly? What do owls eat and what happens to the parts they cannot digest? Can I have a pet owl?” and “Why can we see the moon in the daytime?” We hear some D&D trivia from Librarian Tabby and Jill recommends a chapter book about kids protecting owls. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!  

Jill’s book recommendation: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen 

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C206833

Concerning owls:

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/owl 

"owl." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/owl/332197#main-ada. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026. 

https://blandfordnaturecenter.org/ambassadors-2/?#owls 

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Strigiformes/ 

https://www.thesprucepets.com/do-owls-make-good-pets-390707 

https://www.internationalowlcenter.org/owlsaspets.html 

https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/owls-1 

Concerning the moon:

The Moon Tonight by Jung Chang-hoo: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C936619 

https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/do-we-all-see-the-same-moon-phase/ 

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/why-can-you-see-the-moon-during-the-day-we-asked-a-nasa-scientist-episode-19/ 

https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/ 

https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question43.html 

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

Moon doesn’t go around the Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4z0Z7vC6gE 

Solar time lapse: https://youtu.be/o-DHwNFDgOU 

"orange." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 12 Jan. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/orange/57261#main-ada. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

https://www.livescience.com/45057-oranges-nutrition-facts.html

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/health-benefits-oranges

https://www.uslanguageservices.com/blog/the-history-behind-english-color-names/

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/color-etymology

In today’s episode we answer the questions, “What is flour made of?” and “What do turtles do in winter?” We hear a library fact of the day from KDL’s Data Coordinator Sheri and Liz recommends a delicious graphic novel about two friends on an adventure. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 

Liz’s book recommendation: Night Chef by Mika Song

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1229987

Concerning flour:

https://www.funkidslive.com/learn/homeschool/baking/mission-3-how-do-we-make-flour/ 

"flour and flour milling." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 May. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/flour-and-flour-milling/274353. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026. 

"bread." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 5 Jan. 2022. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/bread/273343. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026. 

"wheat." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/wheat/277720. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026. 

https://fabflour.co.uk/fab-flour/how-is-flour-made/ 

Concerning turtles:

The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery & Matt Patterson 

"turtle." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 4 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/turtle/277471. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026. 

https://blog.nature.org/2017/01/30/turtles-under-ice-winter-survival-hibernation-adaptation/#:~:text=Painted%20turtles%20spend%20most%20of,the%20mud%20beneath%20the%20water. 

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39771-Chrysemys-picta 

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/reptiles/turtles 

https://wildlifeinwinter.com/painted-turtle/ 

https://www.sarett.org/painted-turtles 

https://virginiazoo.org/where-did-the-turtles-go-for-the-winter 

Turtles breathing underwater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqcfFd2htg

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

In this episode we answer the questions “How do skunks produce that stinky substance?” and “Which came first, Yeti or Bigfoot?” and “Is Bigfoot real?” We also share a turtle fact of the day from Librarian Laura and Liz recommends a heartwarming chapter book about a very important bear. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Laura’s fact of the day: The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C922118 

Liz’s book recommendation: Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1192274 

Concerning skunks:

"skunk." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 13 Jun. 2022. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/skunk/68133. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.  

https://www.discovermagazine.com/10-facts-about-the-striped-polecat-and-no-its-not-a-skunk-46050 

https://www.ourherald.com/articles/a-story-to-hang-onto-the-ultimate-skunk-remedy 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/chemistry-skunk.html 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-what-makes-skunk-spray-smell-so-terrible-180955553/ 

Science of skunk spray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-4xNQuqZ1k 

Concerning Bigfoot & the Yeti:

https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/online-exhibit/curators-choice/tracking-legend-bigfoot#:~:text=A%20Native%20American%20tradition%20in,the%20Sasquatch%20or%20Bigfoot%20legend 

https://www.history.com/articles/bigfoot-legend-newspaper 

 https://mil.wa.gov/the-legend-of-bigfoot 

https://www.livescience.com/24598-bigfoot.html 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/ 

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220720-the-true-origin-of-sasquatch 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film# 

Join Liz and Jill as we answer the questions “Are Maine Coons the largest cat?” and “Do orangutans eat oranges?” We have a fact about animal jobs and an adventure 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 Maine Coons...

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Why-Are-Maine-Coon-Cats-So-Big/648427

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Longhair-Cat-Breeds/649275#421786.toc

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Maine-coon-cat/472805

https://a-z-animals.com/animals/maine-coon/#single-animal-text

https://www.petmd.com/cat/general-health/big-cat-breeds

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/cat/106124

https://web.archive.org/web/20150714021608/http://www.tica.org/index.php

Regarding Orangutans...

"Orangutan." World Book Kids, 2025,

   www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar831672. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.

https://orangutan.org/

https://www.orangutan.org.uk/blog/orangutan-stories-the-art-of-nest-building

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/orangutan/

Nest-building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAz26FGACZc

Orangutans by Nicki Clausen-Grace: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C911137

Orangutans by Mara Grunbaum: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C588337

In this episode we answer the questions “Can you hear bamboo grow?” and “How do you find out a tree’s age?” We also share a fact of the day from Data Coordinator Sheri and Liz recommends a chapter book about an octopus rescue with a lot of heart. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   

Liz’s book recommendation: Three Blue Hearts by Lynne Kelly

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1235498

Concerning bamboo:

https://www.guaduabamboo.com/blog/where-does-bamboo-grow 

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giant-panda 

https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/bamboo 

https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/bamboo/273085 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo 

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

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

Bamboo forest sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vky3vEL6Dc 

Concerning dendrochronology:

https://www.nps.gov/grba/learn/historyculture/the-prometheus-story.htm 

https://www.nist.gov/how-do-you-measure-it/how-do-you-measure-age-tree 

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/dendrochronology/29924 

"tree." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 13 Nov. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/tree/277422#main-ada. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025. 

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://redbuttegarden.org/media/documents/calculate-tree-age-activity.pdf 

https://youtu.be/MwNJC-IRgPE?si=bifxTMjO-J8U8kLG 

https://www.environmentalscience.org/dendrochronology-tree-rings-tell-us 

https://ltrr.arizona.edu/about/treerings 

https://www.arborday.org/ 

Join Liz and Jill as we answer the questions “Can kangaroos hop backwards?” and “How hot is lava?” We have a fact about satellites and a dragon graphic 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 kangaroos...

https://www.billabongsanctuary.com.au/red-kangaroo/

https://www.bushheritage.org.au/species/kangaroos

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

"kangaroo." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/kangaroo/275222. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/big-red-roos-the-roo-files/2415/

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/tree-kangaroo/

Kangaroos by Nicki Clausen-Grace: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C911135

Kangaroos: Amazing Jumpers by Lisa M. Harrington: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C721420

Regarding lava...

"lava." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/lava/47378. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-learning-hub/ocean-topics/how-the-ocean-works/seafloor-below/volcanoes/lava-flows/

https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/lava-flows-destroy-everything-their-path

“Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes.” Ganeri, Anita. DK Readers, 2015.

https://youtu.be/0jKoOUZ1GBM?si=aA1k4D9pub_B97xo