Record Breakers!: More than 500 Fantastic Feats

by DK

Overview

What is the world’s longest-living creature? Who was the first person to reach the bottom of the ocean? Where is the longest train route?

This book is jam-packed full of amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space, and 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 -89.2ºC/-128.6ºF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more.

Discover the greatest human achievements, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, transport, technology, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in this book, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world.

Find out all about the best of everything in Record Breakers – an entertaining and educational book that the whole family can enjoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781465474384
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	09/11/2018
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world leading illustrated reference publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann. DK publishes highly visual, photographic non-fiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 100 countries and over 60 languages, with offices in the UK, India, US, Germany, China, Canada, Spain and Australia.

DK's aim is to inspire, educate and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics, with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.

Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery and parenting. 

DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the best-selling LEGO® books.

DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, the world’s leading publisher of strategy content for PC and console video games.

https://www.dk.com/

Editorial Reviews

03/01/2019

Gr 3–7—Fantastic feats of the natural, sporting, and engineering worlds are celebrated in this large-format reference book. Readers may not need to know the heaviest insect or the animal that has the most babies in its lifetime (the rabbit, of course), but why not? Students will relish learning about these fun facts, many of them eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and sure to inspire discussion. Double-page spreads are laden with DK's signature bold images, sidebars, and attention-getting design. Here are the records about ordinary and extraordinary people, of animals great and small, of athletes, astronauts, and accomplishments of engineering awe. Records are put into perspective (big vs. small, heavy vs. light, etc.), enticing readers to learn more about the subjects that draw them in. VERDICT This is the kind of book that easily attracts readers—a browsing title that will get a lot of circulation at both public and school libraries.—Sharon Verbeten, Brown County Library, Green Bay, WI

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