How long does it take to read Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me?
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 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 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Monica's father fulfills her request for the moon by taking it down after it is small enough to carry, but it continues to change in size. Some pages fold out to display particularly large pictures.
Subjects: Toy and movable books, Fiction, Specimens, Libros de juguete y movibles, Ficción juvenil, Moon
