How long does it take to read A Tree for Peter?
A Tree for Peter by Kate Seredy takes about 1 hour 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 52 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1941. 102 pages, about 28,050 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A great children's book with an inspiring story which shows how one small thing in a person's life can have a huge impact on many people. No one had ever seen big Peter before, and no one ever saw him again, and no one ever saw him at all but small Peter who lived in dingy, squalid old Shantytown. Yet it was big Peter's gift to small Peter -- a shiny toy spade with a red handle, and a small green tree lighted with tiny candles -- that caused Shantytown people to have hope again. And with new hope the grass grew, and there were gardens, and the junk heaps were cleaned up and the sagging doors were put back on their hinges. This is a modern miracle, through which sad and beaten houses became white and neat and shining, and desolate, hopeless people found that love and hope can still move mountains. There are no saints and angels; just a tramp, an Irish cop, a small boy, and City Hall, but Shanytown becomes Peter's Landing and faith was reborn.
Subjects: Poor, Juvenile fiction, community, Fiction, People with disabilities, Maintenance and repair
