How long does it take to read I Want My Hat Back?
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2011. 40 pages, about 11,000 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 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. A picture-book morality play about dishonesty.
Subjects: picture books, Lost and found possessions, Bears, Hats, Fiction, Animals
