Stump the Librarian

Author: Kent District Library

Welcome to Kent District Librarys Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Jill and Liz every other Wednesday 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!
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Episode 74 Jill and Liz’s Vacation Extravaganza
Episode 75
Wednesday, 28 May, 2025

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Why was Central Park set aside as a park in New York City?” and “Why do bats live under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, TX?” We also have bonkers balls fact from a special guest and two picture book recommendations. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!   Regarding Central Park... "Central Park." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 26 Jun. 2024. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Central-Park/22084#main-ada. Accessed 6 May. 2025. https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/how-public-health-influenced-the-creation-purpose-and-design-of-central-park https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6234 https://www.centralparknyc.org/ https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/central-park-sa/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park#:~:text=It%20is%20the%20sixth%2Dlargest,visitors%20annually%20as%20of%202016. Regarding Bats... https://www.austinbats.org/ https://www.batcon.org/bat/tadarida-brasiliensis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_free-tailed_bat https://www.merlintuttle.org/ The Bat Book by Charlotte Milner Bats Beneath the Bridge by Janet Nolan