How long does it take to read The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs?
The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1996. 40 pages, about 11,000 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 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When an old woman gets sick and her garden begins to die, the doodle bugs call on the Leaf Men to make things right again.
Subjects: Elves, Fiction, Gardens, Insects, Old age, Juvenile fiction
