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How long does it take to read The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature?

Jack Zipes, Lissa Paul, Lynne Vallone, Gillian Avery, Peter Hunt

The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by Jack Zipes, Lissa Paul, Lynne Vallone, Gillian Avery, Peter Hunt takes about 45 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 45 hours 18 minutes

A long haul

First published 2005. 2,471 pages, about 679,525 words.

91 days (about 13 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 75 hours 30 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 45 hours 18 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 28 hours 19 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A collection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, representing 170 authors and illustrators, and including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from others

Subjects: Children's literature, American, Children's literature, English, Collections, Literature, collections, Literature, dictionaries

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