The eNotes Blog Watch the Worlds Longest Book DominoChain

Watch the Worlds Longest Book DominoChain A month ago the open library of own one of a kind old neighborhood, Seattle, broke the world record for the universes longest book domino chain. Look at it! It took twenty-seven volunteers, seven hours, and five endeavors on the whole, yet on May 31st at around 11pm the Seattle Public Library effectively toppled 2,131 books, domino style. The great number of books utilized permitted the library staff to get imaginative with the pathway, as well, as books climbed inclines, scaled steps, and at one point spilled over the floor to spell READ in mammoth letters. The books genuinely appear to have an existence of their ownâ as they sidestep scenes like a couple sharing a cookout and a lady perusing on the sea shore. In truth, these books were really given a subsequent life, as every one of them had been resigned and given to the library. Presently that theyve had their second at the center of attention, however, all should locate another home, on account of the librarys bright method of recovering the books out there for open utilization: Books utilized in the record-setting occasion can be bought at forthcoming Friends of The Seattle Public Library book deals. Each book will have a unique sticker distinguishing that it helped set the book domino world record, just as the Web address so the book purchaser can watch the video. Ideally this eye catching opening shot to the Seattle Public Librarys summer perusing project will have a domino impact on the ubiquity of perusing around the world. Credit to the two understudies who engineered the whole event: Laura DAsaro and Luke Greenway of Harvard University and Middlebury College.