Ivy And Bean Break the Fossil Record (2007)
“said Emma the next day at recess. The second-graders who had gathered around The Amazing Book of World Records the day before were huddled under the play structure again. Without the book. “I could get two spoons stuck on my cheeks, no problem,” Emma went on, “and for a second, I got three. But that’s all. I wish the book said how that kid did it.”
“Did you try your nose?” asked Drew.
“Sure I tried my nose,” Emma said. “It slid right off.”
“Maybe he has a very sticky face,” said Ivy. “Maybe he even puts something on his face to make it sticky.”
“Maybe,” said Emma, “but forget it. I’m tired of trying to put spoons on my face.”
There was a silence. Bean didn’t want to be a braggy kid. Everyone hates braggy kids. She would wait to tell about the dinosaur bones until someone else told about breaking a record. “How’d the cartwheels go?” she asked Zuzu.
“Super-great,” said Zuzu.
“You did it?”
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