How long does it take to read The Jolly Postman?
The Jolly Postman by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg takes about 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 32 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 29 pages, about 7,975 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 | 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This gorgeously illustrated, full-color classic celebrates a time before email by depicting amusing correspondence between fairy tale and Mother Goose characters. What could possibly be in a letter from Goldilocks to the Three Bears? Who would write to the Wicked Witch? Open this book, take out the letters, and discover what favorite characters would write to each other--and reimagine best-loved tales together.
Subjects: Fiction, Letters, Specimens, Stories in rhyme, Toy and movable books, Children's fiction
