But why? A podcast for curious kids is known for serious answers to silly questions sent

in by kids just like you. But did you know that but why is now a book series?

Our first book, Our Lama's Ticklish, answers questions from real kids about farm animals.

This colorfully illustrated book is perfect for kids ages 8 to 10. And our second book,

To Fish Breathe Underwater, explores the underwater world of the ocean. Learn more at

at thebykids.org slash books.

Hi, I'm Jane Lindholm and you're listening to But Why? A podcast for curious kids from Vermont

Public Radio. On this show, we let you ask questions and we help find the answers. This

is our fifth episode and I want it to take a minute to thank each of you for listening

and for sending us such wonderful questions. We've been getting queries from kids around

the country and your questions are awesome. We're hard at work getting to as many of them

as we can so I hope you'll be patient. And even if we don't get a chance to answer your

question, I hope you'll keep listening because I know that I am learning a ton and I hope

that you are too. Before we get started today, I wanted to let all of the adults and parents

listening know that the question we're tackling in this episode is about religion and why

people have different religions. So you might want to give this episode a preview on your

own. Later in the episode, we'll take a field trip and we're going to hear a lot of

this animal. But first, here's the big question we're going to discuss. My name is Angela.

I am six years old. I am from Aleita, Canada. My question is, why do people have different

religions? That's an interesting question and you might want to ask your parents or other

family members about what kind of religion or faith traditions your family has and what

they think about why different people have different religions. For us to get some help

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