How long does it take to read The Most Beautiful Roof in the World?
Exploring the Rainforest Canopy
Kathryn Lasky, Christopher G. Knight
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World by Kathryn Lasky, Christopher G. Knight takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 48 pages, about 13,200 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 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Describes the work of Meg Lowman in the rainforest canopy, an area unexplored until the last ten years and home to previously unknown species of plants and animals.
Subjects: Forest canopy ecology, Ecology, Rain forests, Rain forest ecology, Research, Ecologists
