How long does it take to read Peter's Chair?
Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Peter
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About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 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 46 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, and runs away.
Subjects: Brothers, Brothers and sisters, Family, Chairs, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories
