How long does it take to read Children Make Terrible Pets?
Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown takes about 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 40 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2010. 36 pages, about 9,900 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 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the woods, she asks her mother if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train.
Subjects: Humorous stories, Bears, Fiction, Lost children, Pets, Missing children
