How long does it take to read The Gingerbread Man?
The Gingerbread Man by Mairi Mackinnon takes about 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 31 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2006. 28 pages, about 7,700 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 | 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man! Everyone wants to catch the gingerbread man, but he's just too fast for them. Until he reaches a river, and meets a suspiciously helpful fox . . .
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Folklore, Gingerbread boy, Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Foxes, fiction
