Guinness World Records was a no-show, but Kirk Cameron is confident that this year’s See You at the Library event set a milestone for children’s story hours. The second annual gathering drew tens of thousands of people to 360 children’s library readings held Saturday by local volunteers in nearly every state, according to Brave Books, the conservative publisher that sponsored the event. Mr.
Cameron, a Christian actor and Brave Books author, joined Pastor John Amanchukwu at three libraries in Northern Virginia, where they were greeted by large crowds of parents and kids — but not the Guinness crew. Mr. Cameron’s team reached out to Guinness after a drag-queen children’s reading held June 1 in Philadelphia set a record for the “largest attendance at a drag queen story time” with 263 attendees, as recorded by adjudicators at the scene.
Mr. Cameron had hoped to set a record along the lines of “biggest children’s library story time.” His team reached out to Guinness, and the company responded with an informational email July 1, but didn’t reply to a follow-up query, according to emails shared with The Washington Times.
“Guinness didn’t show up, but we had the world’s largest story hour [Saturday], See You at the Library,” Mr. Cameron told Fox News. Attendees at the patriotic events recited the Pledge of Allegiance and sang “God Bless America,” while their hosts read from the Brave Books collection and other kid-friendly works.
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