How long does it take to read Gingerbread Baby?
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett takes about 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 40 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1999. 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 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale about a not-so-clever gingerbread man.
Subjects: Baking, Fiction, Gingerbread, Specimens, Toy and movable books, Children's fiction
