Bean is bored, bored,bored...until her teacher gives her a book of world records, and Bean learnd about the biggest, the smallest, and the strongest things in the world. Soon the entire second grade has world-record fever. Who will do the most cartwheels? Can you really shatter a glass by screaming ? Ivy and Bean make their own plan for record-breaking, a plan that includes dirt, fossils, tape, and—as always—a lot of fun!