How long does it take to read The Little Scarecrow Boy?
The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1998. 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 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone.
Subjects: Fathers and sons, Fiction, Scarecrows, Children's fiction, Scarecrows, fiction, Parent and child, fiction
