How long does it take to read Dear Mr. Henshaw?
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary takes about 2 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 27 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1983. 134 pages, about 36,850 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 65 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".
Subjects: Parent and child, Letters, Schools, Divorce, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
