How long does it take to read Miss Rumphius?
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1982. 32 pages, about 8,800 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 | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Subjects: Aunts, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Girls, Great-aunts, Realistic fiction
