How long does it take to read The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed?
Mary Pope Osborne, Nancy White, Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed by Mary Pope Osborne, Nancy White, Joanna Cole takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1999. 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 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mr. Ruhle, the school principal, has just gotten a super-duper computer. Carlos's brother, Mikey, programs it to do all of the class's chores. But then the computer starts to go a little wacky--it's doing their chores over and over and over again!
Subjects: Microcomputers, Computers, Children's fiction, Buses, fiction
