How long does it take to read The Alphabet Tree?
The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni takes about 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 33 pages, about 9,075 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 | 1 hour 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After a storm blows some of them away, the letters on the alphabet tree learn from a strange bug to be stronger by forming words, then a caterpillar comes along and tells them that words are not enough; they must say something important.
Subjects: Alphabet, Caterpillars, Fiction, Insects, Writing, Juvenile fiction
