How long does it take to read The First Four Years?
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder takes about 2 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 9 of Little House on the Prairie
Previous: These Happy Golden Years
About 2 hours 27 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1953. 134 pages, about 36,850 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 | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Laura and Almanzo are married and work together on their homestead. This book tells of the ups and downs they face as pioneer farmers: good crops, bad crops, weather problems, debts, neighbors, sickness, horses, cattle, sheep, and baby Rose.
Subjects: Juvenile nonfiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Children's stories
