How long does it take to read Feathers for Lunch?
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert takes about 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 40 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1990. 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 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Food, fiction, Cats, fiction, Birds in fiction, Street-railroads, Juvenile fiction
