How long does it take to read Monkey Puzzle?
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson takes about 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 31 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2000. 28 pages, about 7,700 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 | 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Monkey Puzzle tells the tale of a young monkey who has lost his mummy. He searches through the jungle for her with the help of a friendly butterfly. The tale unfolds in rhythmical rhyming verse with bright coloured, fun illustrations.
Subjects: Jungle animals, Monkeys in fiction, Jungle animals in fiction, Fiction, Butterflies in fiction, Stories in rhyme
