How long does it take to read Goodnight Moon?
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1947. 32 pages, about 8,800 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 | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 143 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: the chairs, a comb, and the air.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Picture books, Bedtime, fiction, Rabbits, fiction, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Rabbits