How long does it take to read The Dead Bird?
The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1958. 48 pages, about 13,200 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 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The bird was dead when the children found it, so they dug a grave in the woods and buried it, and sang a song to it
Subjects: Death, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Children's stories, American, Birds, Funeral rites and ceremonies
