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The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

Episode 59: Safety with Books

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.52.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The 1939 World's Fair brought a special visitor from England: an original copy of Magna Carta, but with World War II in full swing, America couldn't send it back. So the had to babysit the priceless document, which got more complicated than they expected. ALSO Marie Curie's books will not be safe to touch for another 1500 years, so librarians in Paris have to keep people safe from the documents. Learn about Marie, her discoveries, and plenty more in this episode!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, I'm excited to share some info about a show that some friends of mine create.

0:06.5

Have you ever baked cookies with a space marine?

0:09.4

Gone to a birthday party for a princess T-Rex?

0:12.5

Been to a rock concert with a vampire robot vacuum?

0:15.8

If not, you can visit the Imagine Neighborhood where you will meet fantastic new friends,

0:20.8

go on exciting adventures together, and even learn how to be a happier, kinder person.

0:27.1

To telegrown up to check out the Imagine Neighborhood, especially their limited series, Imagine

0:32.2

Equity.

0:33.2

Six stories about race, justice, and making things right.

0:36.7

Sponsored by the All-State Foundation, Imagine Equity will help your family talk together

0:41.7

about important things like identity, bias, inclusion, all while laughing your face off.

0:48.2

Visit theImagine Neighborhood.org forward slash past to join in all the fun.

0:53.4

Oh hey y'all, welcome to the Past in the Curious, my name is Mick Sullivan, and this podcast

1:01.3

is something that I love to do, so I'm glad that you are tuned in.

1:05.9

As usual, we share two stories from the past that relate to a theme.

1:09.5

Of course, there's some other stuff thrown in there too, and this episode is about books,

1:14.4

or at least that's how we get into the stories that we're going to tell.

1:17.4

One story is about librarians working to protect some of the most valuable books in history.

1:23.4

From people.

1:24.8

The other story is kind of flipped.

1:27.3

In one Paris library, librarians work to keep people safe from a book.

1:33.7

It's a book that Marie Curie once owned.

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