How long does it take to read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark?
Jill Tomlinson
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson takes about 1 hour 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 96 pages, about 26,400 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Owls are supposed to be night birds, but young Plop is afraid of the dark, despite how much other people and animals tell him they enjoy it.
Subjects: Fear of the dark, Fiction, Owls, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Owls, fiction
