Before we get curious, we are excited to tell you about Olivia's new favorite book.

It's called How to Space Walk, Step by Step with Shuttle Astronauts,

and it was created by Michael J. Rosen and by Catherine D. Sullivan,

who just happens to know a few things about walking in space.

That's because she became the first American woman to ever walk in

space. In the book, you will see how a curious and determined child dreamed of joining a

space crew and then made her dreams come true with a lot of hard work and courage.

The book is a journey that guides the reader through the

training and astronaut needs to do to prepare to walk in space. I learned so many cool facts

while reading it. Did you know that a space suit weighs 280 pounds? That's insane. When I was done

reading the book, I felt like I might even be ready for my own mission to space.

Well, if you aim for the sky, just like Catherine D. Sullivan did, you might just get there.

You can purchase How to Spacewalk step by step with shuttle astronauts at all major bookstores or by clicking on the link in the show notes.

It's time to get curious. Hello and welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast.

If you're listening to this podcast on or just after release day, a major American

holiday just passed. That holiday is the 4th of July, also called Independence Day. Independence

Day is America's birthday. Why do we celebrate it on July 4th? Well, there's an interesting story about that.

All the way back on July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare independence from

Great Britain. Again, that happened on July 2nd and not on July 4th. Two days later, the Declaration

of Independence was adopted and the occasion was celebrated with the ringing of the Liberty

Bell in Philadelphia. At the time, John Adams, who would later become the second president

of the United States, thought that Americans

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