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Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Join Jill and Liz every other Wenesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
In this episode we answer the questions “How did Poseidon get the sea?” and “What is a Portuguese Man of War?” We also share a fact of the day from Bookmobile Librarian Caleb and recommend a quirky chapter book. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Jill’s book recommendation: The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
by Kate McKinnon
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1140387
Concerning Poseidon:
"Poseidon." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 May. 2020. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Poseidon/61019. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
"Greek mythology." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Greek-mythology/110628. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?department=13&searchField=All&showOnly=highlights&sortBy=relevance
Concerning the Portuguese Man of War:
https://angari.org/portuguese-man-o-war-deep-dive/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Portuguese-man-of-war
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/portuguese-man-of-war
"Portuguese man-of-war." World Book Kids, 2025,
www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar835307. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
"Siphonophore." World Book Kids, 2025,
www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar848650. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
Portuguese Man-of Wars by Bizzy Harris: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C944465
Stump the Librarian
Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Join Jill and Liz every other Wenesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
