Squiz Kids

Book Week is here, so we’re dusting off a favourite Shortcut from the Squiz Kids Vault. Travel back thousands of years to discover how books developed from clay tablets and handmade paper to the invention of the printing press. Then, meet the author behind the first book written especially for children and count down some of the bestselling children’s books of all time... from much-loved animal adventures to magical worlds, hungry caterpillars and young wizards.

Every night, your sleeping brain creates strange new worlds filled with familiar people, powerful emotions and events that make absolutely no sense. But how does it build a dream—and why do we dream at all?

Inspired by a question from Will, Christie explores what happens inside our brains while we sleep and whether animals dream too.

A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who’s been paying the most attention to the week in news.

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Your daily kids news podcast.

Spaceship splashdown near Christmas Island; baby whale shark nursery revealed; a zero-gravity fake; and why otters love to watch.

A SpaceX rocket booster the size of an Olympic swimming pool has splashed back to Earth and is being towed toward Christmas Island.

Scientists think they may have found a nursery for baby whale sharks off Indonesia after tiny youngsters were spotted in a protected cove.

Turns out zoo visitors may be entertaining the otters just as much as the otters entertain us.

Social media posts claimed gravity would disappear for seven seconds during the eclipse. It didn’t. The wild rumour is a perfect example of why Newshounds should always STOP, THINK and CHECK before sharing something unbelievable.

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Researched by Bryce Corbett

Written by Bryce Corbett

Your daily kids news podcast.

Parliament takes on betting ads; monkey business in the Scottish Highlands; some picture-perfect animals; and the Milky Way’s ancient feeding frenzy

Australia is moving to put more distance between sport and gambling.

Luka the macaque fancied a Scottish adventure, escaping his wildlife park and wandering kilometres into the Highlands.

Smile for the camera! More than 800 photos have captured the beautiful, bizarre and downright photogenic residents of British and Irish zoos and aquariums.

Our Milky Way has quite the appetite! Astronomers have uncovered evidence of an enormous ancient galactic collision involving the brilliantly named Low-energy-Kraken-Heracles.

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Researched by Christie Kijurina

Hosted by Christie Kijurina