Ninety-two HISD schools participated in Read Across the Globe on Oct. 19, an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of children being read to in a 24-hour period. The goal was to read the same book, “Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table” by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, to 300,000 children simultaneously.

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Hundreds of generous Houstonians, including former First Lady Barbara Bush, volunteered to be a classroom reader, timekeeper, or witness of the event. Many HISD schools tweeted photos during the event, and you can see a collection of those at the end of this article.

Read Across the Globe was sponsored by a partnership among Points of Light, the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, Deloitte, and Volunteer Houston.

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It will take a few days for Guinness to determine if the previous record of 238,000 students was broken, but we’ll let you know the results when we get them!