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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!
That Dog Has a Job!
In this episode we answer the questions “Why are there rocks around train trachs?” and “What is the difference between service dogs and therapy dogs?” We also share a fact of the day from Kentwood Librarian Hatka and Jill recommends an exciting chapter book about kids stuck in an airport. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Hatka’s fact of day: Sensational Sharks by Emma Flannery
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1199269
Jill’s book recommendation: Grounded by Aisha Saeed
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C947179
Concerning ballast:
https://adortech.com/blog/everything-about-railway-ballast
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/11/whose-time-is-it-anyway-a-brief-history-of-standardized-time-zones-in-the-united-states/
https://www.cargo-partner.com/es/trendletter/issue-49/why-do-railway-tracks-have-stones-underneath
https://www.loc.gov/collections/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/articles-and-essays/history-of-railroads-and-maps/the-beginnings-of-american-railroads-and-mapping/
https://www.strasburgrailroad.com/blog/caboose-facts/
https://www.train-museum.org/2023/03/19/why-are-there-rocks-under-the-tracks/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_noise
On Track by Tom Adams: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1161062
Video on laying train tracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7W43NVggw&t=32s
Concerning dogs with jobs:
https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/How-Service-Animals-Help-Humans-Live-Fuller-Lives/648742
https://pawswithacause.org/assistance-dogs-101/
https://www.ada.gov/topics/service-animals/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy_dog
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!
