How long does it take to read The Elephant's Child?
The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling takes about 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 37 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1900. 34 pages, about 9,350 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 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 75 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Because of his "'satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.
Subjects: Elephants, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Animals, Folklore, Children's stories, English
