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How long does it take to read I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!?

Dr. Seuss

I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! by Dr. Seuss takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 53 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1987. 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 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A boy is so sleepy that he vows nothing will get him out of his morning bed, neither peas and beans nor the United States Marines.

Subjects: Humorous stories, Fiction, Beds, Stories in rhyme, Sleep, Children's fiction

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