Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0439916585, Paperback)

Did you know that the world's top meat-eating country is the United States? Or that the world's most-cited author is William Shakespeare? And that the world's coldest inhabited place, with an average temperature of 12.4 degrees Fahrenheit, is Norilsk, in central Russia? No one is so popular at a slumber party as the one with all the trivia about the biggest, most, oldest, fastest, and smallest. With its more than 600 full-color photos and graphics, brief, interesting text for each entry, handy, color-coded organizing tabs, and fascinating comparison charts, the Scholastic Book of World Records will be a guaranteed winner with kids. In addition to being a valuable resource for schoolwork--with facts about animals, plants, transportation, the universe, foreign countries, and money--the book is thoroughly entertaining. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter