A LOT can change in a year, and the best-selling SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS has been updated to include all the most recent events in sports, pop culture, and business.Whether kids want to know which country has the most fast-food restaurants, where the world's fastest roller coaster is, or which athlete earned the most medals in a single Olympic Games, the SCHOLASTIC BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS has all of the answers and much, much more! Over the past four years, kids, parents, and teachers have come to love this kid-friendly book.Each of the 300 records in the book has its own page that includes a full-color photograph and a detailed description of the record. A colorful bar graph that ranks other record holders in the same category is also included.