How long does it take to read The Mouse and the Motorcycle?
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary takes about 2 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 54 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1965. 158 pages, about 43,450 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 64 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released as a selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club (Intermediate Division) and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1968.
Subjects: transportation, juvenile fiction, chapter books, animals, mice, humorous stories
