My son curated the curated videos made for adults but great for kids at The Kid Should See This. I’m sharing 4 videos that I loved from this great newletter.
The Washington Ballet’s Hardest Dance Moves
If you have doubts that ballet is a sport, watch this video and be convinced! They are amazing athletes!
Animated History of Planet Earth
I loved this history of planet Earth via animated graphics. It held my son’s attention for 7.21 minutes. In YouTube time, that’s like 7 hours!
The Amazing Intelligent Crow
I had to search through dozens of crow experiments to find this exact video that I saw months ago, but that video really stayed with me so it was worth the search. The crow uses multiple tools to get to the prize; not so different from apes or humans!
Circus Circulus
This Brit circus troupe uses abandoned warehouses to set up shop. My son and I were mesmerized by their performances.
The Circus Circulus in an abandoned factory from Remy Archer on Vimeo.
Bonus Because I Could Not Resist!
Seattle Public Library Sets Domino Book Chain World Record
Don’t even think about the reshelving; just enjoy!
The Seattle Public Library launched the 2013 Summer Reading Program by setting a new world record for the longest book domino chain. The chain contained 2,131 books and took 1 minute and 54 seconds to fall.
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My books:
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
- ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
- ⭐ Starred review from Publishers Weekly
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
Free and downloadable guide:
Barbed Wire Between Us Teacher’s Guide
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel Book Award Nominee 2026-27
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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Amazing how stereotypes can color our perception of things.
Hi Barbara,
I know! It’s hard to break out of stereotyping too!
These are great short videos for kids. I was even interested in the animated earth, the crow and the British circus troupe. Such great shares.
Have you seen the video of the elephant that paints its own self portrait. Makes you really think.
Hi Patricia,
I’m so glad you liked the videos! I will search for the elephant artist one! Sounds fascinating. Like Ivan the Gorilla!
AWESOME!!! The crow is amazing! It is pretty cool! 🙂
Hi Erik,
I KNOW!!! That crow!! I watched it a year ago but could not get that crow video out of my mind! I had to search for a half hour to find that particular one. There are a bunch of crow experiment videos out there. I guess the crow is a favorite animal to test for intelligence but we still don’t really understand to what extent is truly is smart!
Planning to watch these tonight with my son. He loved the last list!
Hi Ann,
I hope he likes my picks too but I totally understand if he likes my son’s better! We are going to watch a huge batch of the videos when my son recovers from surgery (my screen time plan for him) so we will do another post of his favorites!
Enjoyed sitting with my kids and watching! My son loved the one about the earth. He wants to watch more of them… as soon as we have time!
Hi April,
It makes me so happy that your son liked the earth video. The animation is great and delivers the information in a very fun way! I hope he likes the rest!
Wow, those dancers are AMAZINGLY beautiful! I just love ballet. It’s so elegant. Gorgeous how they can do such amazing things!
Thanks so much for sharing this, Mia!
Hi Lisa,
I KNOW!!! I knew ballet dancers are amazingly flexible and able to jump high in the air but those moves are remarkable. My mom friend has two kids; the son is a serious downhill skier and trains year round, the daughter is a serious ballet dancer with the Boston Ballet. The mom showed the video to the son saying, “See, dancers are athletes too. You try to do it.” And it’s true!