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Record breakers! / senior editors Chris Hawkes, Scarlett O'Hara, Fleur Star. - First American edition. - 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Includes index. Amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space pack this fantastic kids' book of world records.

Planet earth -- People power -- Sporting prowess -- Feats of engineering -- Living world -- Out of this world.

Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2°C/-128.6°F); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are showcased, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, technology, transport, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in the book, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world, Earth, and space.

ISBN: 9780241296967 349,000 1465474382

LCCN: 2018287363

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Curiosities and wonders--Juvenile literature.
World records--Juvenile literature.
Sports--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Animals--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
World records--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Science--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders.
World records--Miscellanea.
Science--Miscellanea.
Animals.
Curiosities and wonders.
Science.
Sports.
World records.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Earth (Planet)--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Outer space--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Earth (Planet)
Outer space.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Trivia and miscellanea.
Juvenile works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.

Dewey Class. No.: 031.02 032.02