How long does it take to read The Butterfly Lion?
Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham (illustrator), Michael Mopurgo
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham (illustrator), Michael Mopurgo takes about 2 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 18 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1996. 125 pages, about 34,375 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Trying to run away from boarding school in England, a boy encounters an old woman who tells him the story of Bertie and his beautiful white lion.
Subjects: England, Fiction, Lions, Lion, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
