How long does it take to read The Dinosaur's Diary?
The Dinosaur's Diary by Julia Donaldson takes about 1 hour 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 47 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2002. 97 pages, about 26,675 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 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Surviving and finding a safe place to lay her eggs is difficult for Hypsilophodon with dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex around. When she falls into a mysterious pool and finds herself on a modern farm there are still problems. Finally she finds a safe place to hatch her babies, but how can she keep thirteen baby dinosaurs safe and secret? When the farmer catches one - Hector - and plans to take him to the vet, it's up to Hypsilophodon and her fiesty daughter, Henrietta, to get him back. After adaring rescue, Hypsilophodon takes all her youngsters back through the mysterious pool to her own world.
Subjects: Dinosaurs, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Diary fiction, Dinosaurs, fiction
