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! 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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Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
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
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