How long does it take to read Magic Tree House?
Books 1 & 2: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne takes about 2 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2002. 157 pages, about 43,175 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. They also travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
Subjects: Knights and knighthood, Dinosaurs, Tree houses, Middle Ages, Magic, Time travel
