How long does it take to read Rootabaga Stories?
Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1922. 224 pages, about 61,600 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents Sandburg's fanciful, humorous tales peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Short stories, Children's stories, American, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, American Short stories
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