Just a couple of weeks ago, two college students and 27 volunteers at the Seattle Public Library broke the world record for the longest book domino chain with the successful and totally mesmerizing drop of some 2,131 tomes. It was done to promote the launch of the library’s 2013 Summer Reading Program, which focuses on getting children and teens into the written word. The especially cool thing is that the books used in the record breaking stunt will soon be going on sale to support the library, so the whole operation from start to finish was smart as hell (engagement + fundraising = win). The Vancouver Public Library offers great programming for kids – they do a great Summer Reading Club and a Book Camp – but it would be great to see them rise to this particular challenge. They have a whole bunch of open interior space – surely enough for the 2,132 books that would later be sold as record memorabilia – so the ball is in their court. Don’t let us down!

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