How long does it take to read Big Red Barn?
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown 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 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.
Subjects: Fiction, Domestic animals, Stories in rhyme, Farm life, Juvenile fiction, Animal sounds
