How long does it take to read The Happy Lion?
Louise Fatio
The Happy Lion by Louise Fatio takes about 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1954. 33 pages, about 9,075 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 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When the door to his house at the zoo is left open a lion decides to visit his friends, but he quickly learns that people are not nearly as polite or friendly in town as when they visit him at the zoo.
Subjects: Leones, Friendship, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Lion, Ficción juvenil
