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.

This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from the studios of Vermont Public Radio.

I'm Jane Lindholm, I host the show and Melody Bo-Dett and I listened to all the amazing

questions we get from kids all over the world and we help come up with answers to some

of what you've sent us. Now this is kind of unbelievable to us but we've been making

this show for two and a half years now and you've sent us about 3,000 questions.

OMG, that is amazing but also a little bit sad to us because there's no way we can answer

that many questions. Even if we did an episode every day we wouldn't get to all of them.

So if you have an idea for other ways we could feature your questions, please let us know.

You can write to questions at butwhykids.org. That's also where you can send your questions.

Have an adult record you using a smartphone and send the file to that email address.

Questions at butwhykids.org. We want to know your first name, where you live and how old

you are and what you're curious about. In the meantime we're going to keep answering

as many questions as we can and today we're focusing on questions you have sent us about

fire.

My name is Lisa Desemore and we're sitting here in the wonderful city of Brotherly Love

Philadelphia inside our fire museum. Philadelphia is actually kind of an important part of

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