How long does it take to read A Very Special House?
A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1920. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A boy imagines a house to bring home a turtle, a little dead mouse, a very old lion, and where nobody ever says stop.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Imagination, Home, Dwellings
