How long does it take to read The Biggest Bear?
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward takes about 1 hour 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 32 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1952. 84 pages, about 23,100 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.
Subjects: Bears, Bears in fiction, Fiction, Caldecott Medal, Folklore, Juvenile fiction
