50th Blog Post! A Message from Kids’ Animal Station

Me and my fat dog, Lily

I can’t believe it! After three years, I have officially published 50 blog posts.

First I want to thank all my followers, readers, and my adoring fans (Hey Moms!).

Second, I want to take this opportunity to catalog some of kidsanimalstation.com’s achievements in three years.

• Over 39,300 views
• Over 24,203 visitors from over 130 countries
• The top ten countries with the most views are:
  • United States (28,255)
  • Canada (2,709)
  • United Kingdom (2,332)
  • India (1,682)
  • Australia (736)
  • Brazil (410)
  • New Zealand (227)
  • Spain (158)
  • South Africa (143)
  • South Korea (132)

• The story with the most views in one day was “Meeting Jane Goodall, Animal Shero” (268)

• The story with the most views over a three-year timespan is “What Kinds of Animals Have Belly Buttons?” (5,756). The story with the second most views is “10 Cool Facts About Animal Poop” (3,218).

• The most read book review is “Oh Woe is Poe! What Killed Edgar Allen Poe?”(450)

• In my book reviews, most authors I have written about have written back, including:
  • Amy Stewart, Wicked Bugs
  • Dorothy Patent, Dogs On Duty
  • Donald Friedman, You’re My Dawg, Dog?
  • Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships
  • Julia Moberg, Presidential Pets
  • Simon Winchester, Skulls
  • Maha Kamal, The Book Of Big Questions
  • Georgia Bragg, How They Croaked 
  • BBC Earth, Tiny Giants (note: a movie, not a book)
  • Note: If you haven’t seen one of these book reviews before, make sure to check it out!

• My personal favorite blog post is “Oh Woe Is Poe! What Killed Edgar Allen Poe?” Which one is your favorite?

In the three years I have been writing for kidsanimalstation, I learned something very interesting. Animals seem to be the bond between humans. I noticed this when I look at how many people from different places read my blog. No matter where you are from, how you look, and what you believe in, animals help form bonds between all humans. It can be starting small talk with a stranger because you have a dog or letting a kid pet your dog; humans collective love for animals brings people closer together, which is why I think we should treat animals the same way we treat other humans, since humans are animals too.

Zoe,

Founder, Kidsanimalstation.com

My cat Kiki being a snoop!