How long does it take to read Little House on the Prairie?
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder takes about 5 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Little House on the Prairie
Previous: Farmer Boy Next: On the Banks of Plum Creek
About 5 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1935. 309 pages, about 84,975 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 130 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the perfect spot for Pa to build them a new home. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. But just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict. Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers with its depiction of life on the American frontier.
Subjects: Osage Nation, covered wagons, Juvenile audience, pioneers, pioneer children, historical fiction
