How long does it take to read The Little Fir Tree?
The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1954. 32 pages, about 8,800 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 | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A lonely little fir tree, standing by itself at the edge of the forest, has its life transformed when a father takes it home to serve as a living Christmas tree for his bedridden son.
Subjects: Fiction, Christmas trees, Christmas, Trees, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
