How long does it take to read The Animal Family?
The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell takes about 3 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 180 pages, about 49,500 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A mermaid, a hunter, a bear and a lynx all live together. One day the bear and lynx find a boy in a rowboat on the beach and bring him home too.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Animals, Fiction, Bears, Hunters, Mermaids
