Guinness World Records 2019
The world’s most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels. Inside you’ll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World Records 2019 is the ultimate snapshot of our world today.
Plus, this year we celebrate the incredible “Maker” movement with a special feature devoted to the inventors, dreamers, crafters and creators who devote their lives to amazing record-breaking projects such as the largest water pistol, a jet-powered go-kart and an elephant-sized hamburger (think you could eat a whole one!?). We take a sneak peek into their workshops to explore these epically big builds, and ask them what inspires them to go really, really large!
And if you like creating, and you like LEGO®, then you’ll love our “Making History” pages that use the world’s most famous interlocking plastic bricks to illustrate and explain an important record-breaking object – such as the Statue of Liberty or the Apollo mission’s Saturn V rocket. We examine their designs, structure and technical specifications in fully illustrated and colorful, poster-style pages.
Finally, you can jump into both the making and record-breaking action with a “Do Try This At Home” section. Challenge yourself and your family with five fun record-breaking maker-inspired records you can attempt involving origami, balloon sculptures, ring pulls and rubber bands. Who knows, your creation might just make it into the record books!
Reviews (206)
The book has changed. I am old.
"Back in my day..." the Guinness Book of World Records used to be more of a reference guide and had lists of records. This latest edition that I got for my kids seems to be more of a kids picture book with captions. Sometimes, the records are hard to find on the page because they are buried in with other information. Also, there seems to be an unexpected tie with Legos - there are several large pictures with Lego creations that don't necessarily have a strong correlation to the world records on the page. Maybe I didn't read the description....
Book ripped apart
I bought this book as a Valentine's gift to my son. He has wanted this book for a while. The contents of the book is great. The book itself is horrible. My son is 11. He takes care of his books. He has big marvel and DC encyclopedias that he has had for at least 5 years in like new condition. This book did not last a week. The whole thing came apart. I would like a replacement ASAP
Great book!!
My grandson gets this book every year when it comes out. I give it to him for Christmas and he loves it.
nice book for children interested in world records
this version is really for kids. i recall reading a more detailed version when i was a kid. i guess times have changed. i did get this for my 5 year old child and he enjoys it a lot so that is what matters.
Great Christmas gift for young minds(and beyond)
I bought this for a Christmas gift for my grandson. I thumbed through the pages before wrapping and was really interested in the content. I was surprised a 10 yr old wanted this book but he does have a curiosity about everything.
Great for young minds.
I bought this for my 9.5 yr old grandson. I bought an issue and he opened it and started reading it and telling us fun facts. We had to encourage him to stop reading & open Xmas presents! Great for young minds and gets them interested in new and exciting things about the world, things outside their normal exposure. I love that about Nat’l Geographic for adults and kids.
My Daughter Loves
My 9 year old daughter loves to read through all of the records. It also includes a ton of pictures.
.Will definitely order again
Fast shipping. This book has been a traditional Christmas gift for my adult son’s since the year 2001. Great interesting facts.
Fun book
My 14 year old son got this for Christmas. The whole family has enjoyed looking through it! I used to get a new book every year for Christmas when I was a child. I spent hours reading through them!
12-Year Old Son Loves It
Book arrived as scheduled and in good condition. My son has the 2017 book and loves these type of fact books. A good mix of text and images for 4th grader - 8th grader.
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