How long does it take to read The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"?
Ellen Schecter
The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!" by Ellen Schecter takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1994. 32 pages, about 8,800 words.
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 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end.
Subjects: Rebuses, Fables, Folklore
