How long does it take to read Paddle-to-the-Sea?
Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1941. 62 pages, about 17,050 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Canoes and canoeing, Indians of North America, Children's fiction, Saint lawrence river, fiction
