Guiness World Records 2011
Citation: Guiness World Records 2011. Bantam, 2011.
About: The Guiness World Records book is just that: a book of world records. Inside the pages you'll find amazing, disgusting, interesting, mind-blowing bits of information. Flip through to find out who the most tattooed senior citizen in, who has the longest finger nails in the world, which country has the most land mines, what classical book is banned the most, who the hairiest teenage girl is, who the tallest person, and more! There is seemingly no end to the interesting facts within the pages.
Review: Kids really, really love this book. Especially boys, and especially grades 5-7. A lot of boys prefer non-fiction, and they also prefer being able to flip around and read short blurbs about things as opposed to a long prose piece. Reading is reading, and if having the record book or a Ripley's book around gets boys actually reading, then it is a good thing. I mean, sure they mostly flip through trying to find the most disgusting things possible, but they are reading. My six year old son came home begging me to actually buy this book, so the appeal is really for all ages. I think it is a great resource for reluctant readers, and really any reader.
Ages: 7 and up
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