How long does it take to read Earl the Squirrel?
Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2005. 48 pages, about 13,200 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 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Earl the Squirrel doesn’t think of himself as spoiled, but his mother does. She decides it’s high time Earl learns to find acorns for himself. There’s only one problem—he doesn’t know where to look. Earl’s friend Jill offers to help, but that’s not what Earl’s mother had in mind. So, wearing his bright red scarf, Earl sets off on his own for an action-packed acornfinding mission. Striking black-and-white scratchboard art is accented by Earl’s crimson scarf. The effect is classic, clean, and thoroughly recognizable as Don Freeman’s signature style.
Subjects: Animals, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Gray squirrel, Squirrels, Gray squirrels
