The World's Laziest Duck: And Other Amazing Records

by John Yeoman, Quentin Blake (illustrator)

Which fish holds the world record for most escape attempts? Which human cannonball traveled the furthest? What is the world's soppiest fairy tale? Find out these amazing record breakers and lots, lots more in this hilarious alternative to the Guinness Book of World Records .

32 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2017

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

John Yeoman was for many years Head of English at the French Lycée in London. His collaboration with Quentin Blake began in 1960, and has resulted in a long list of successful children’s books of which a number of earlier well-loved titles are now being republished by Andersen Press for new generations of readers.

Reviews

[Sid Nuncius · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was originally published in 1975 as The Puffin Book Of Improbable Records, and has been making me smile ever since. The wonderful absurdity of imagination combined with Quentin Blake's incomparable illustrations make this an absolute joy – even to this definitely-not-young person. I mean, who wouldn't want to know that the friendliest woodlouse in the world is called Sidney, and that he has 985 friends? Or that the world's soppiest fairy story is Cuddly-Bunnykins and Little Fairy Twinklewand by Emily Tichweed? I rest my case.

This is an absolute delight of a book. Very warmly recommended.

[Nekopau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Han sido un par de risas muy apropiadas y disfrutar del talento de Quentin. Dado que está es una traducción, seguro me he perdido de la intencionalidad de algunos nombres, y con otros no se consigue lo propio. Pero da pie a muchas conversaciones y aún a más preguntas, ¡Y seguro que luego de leerlo, también se les ocurre escribir sus propios récords!

[Stephen Gillespie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Meaning of Liff for babies. The illustrations are great, as expected, and I found this endlessly hilarious. A collection of curated oddities and bespoke silliness. A couple of points remind you it is from the ‘70s… The vast majority of it is spectacular. It also has the word funicular on the first page.

[Neria_Luce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vavv gerçek mi bunlar :O

[Wilde Sky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A series of unusual records.

This was a real hit / miss affair - a couple of chuckles and a lot of what?

Reading time around thirty minutes.

[aysu · Rating 5 out of 5]

dkdkskd bayıldımmm

[Rossana Karunaratna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una lectura divertida y por supuesto las ilustraciones son de lo mejor. Me quedo con las ganas de leerlo en su idioma original.