How long does it take to read The Golden Egg Book?
The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown takes about 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 31 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1947. 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 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A children's picture book illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. The bunny finds an egg with something moving inside it. He trys to break it open, but tires from his efforts. A duck pecks his way out of the egg, and the two animals become friends.
Subjects: Ducks, Eggs, Fiction, Rabbits, Juvenile fiction, Animals
