How long does it take to read Happy Birthday, Josefina!?
Valerie Tripp, Jose Moreno, Susan McAliley
Happy Birthday, Josefina! by Valerie Tripp, Jose Moreno, Susan McAliley takes about 1 hour 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1998. 69 pages, about 18,975 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Josefina who hopes to become a "curandera," or healer, like Tía Magdalena, is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.
Subjects: Aunts, Fiction, Healers, History, Mexican Americans, Ranch life
