How long does it take to read Caps for Sale?
Esphyr Slobodkina
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina takes about 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 42 pages, about 11,550 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 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
While he is asleep monkeys steal all the peddler's caps. How will he get them back?
Subjects: Peddlers and peddling, Juvenile fiction, Monkeys, Blind, Books and reading, Peddlers