How long does it take to read An Extraordinary Egg?
An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni takes about 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 42 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1990. 38 pages, about 10,450 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 | 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jessica the frog befriends the animal that hatches from an egg she brought home, thinking it is a chicken.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Frogs, Friendship, Alligators, Identity
