How long does it take to read Don't Tell the Grown-Ups?
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups by Alison Lurie takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1990. 239 pages, about 65,725 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collection of essays on great children's literature that relates the lives of the authors to the works themselves.
Subjects: Books and reading, Children's literature, English, History and criticism, Children, Kinderliteratur, Aufsatzsammlung
