How long does it take to read The Detective Dog?
Julia Donaldson, Sara Ogilvie
The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson, Sara Ogilvie takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2016. 32 pages, about 8,800 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 | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A rhyming tale about Nell the detective dog and all the things she can detect with her clever nose. One day all the books at school are stolen but Nell is on the case and she finds the culprit and gets the books back.
Subjects: juvenile fiction, picture books, detective, dog, dogs, books
