How long does it take to read Jack and the Beanstalk?
Jack and the Beanstalk by Matt Faulkner takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 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 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Joaquin and his mother live in poverty. They can barely eat every day. But some enchanted beans make their destiny change. A bean plant that reaches the sky, a hungry giant and his wife and... gold and more gold! All this is what awaits them in this traditional tale of children's literature.
Subjects: Traditional tales, Fairy tales
