Guinness World Records 2011 ed. by Craig Glenday. Jim Pattison Group. 2010.
This book is the reason why many tweens who come into the Children's Room bother to learn about the reference section. It's also a good example to use when explaining how to look up a nonfiction book. 032 GUINNESS, and voila, you come to a row of books with shiny hologram covers. If you're lucky and there are a couple of different years present, you can line up a few consecutive years and look up the same record in each book to see if it was broken in the next year or not. There are vibrant color photographs for the records that are just better explained in a picture. Also, this is a book that is great for a group. It is common for four or five tween boys to find a table, put a copy of Guinness in the middle of the table, and have everyone lean over to read the book together. It then becomes a contest to see who has filled their brain with the largest amount of knowledge about world records. Community reading at it's finest? I would definitely consider it a good candidate.
Appropriate any tween who appreciates and is looking for photos with loads of gross out factor.
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