How long does it take to read The Revenge of the Baby-sat?
a Calvin and Hobbes collection
The Revenge of the Baby-sat by Bill Watterson takes about 2 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Calvin and Hobbes
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About 2 hours 20 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1991. 127 pages, about 34,925 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The praise and popularity of Calvin and Hobbes continue to escalate as the hottest comic strip around reaches its fifth birthday. With keen insight, Bill Watterson depicts life through the eyes of a child, and the limits of our imaginations are challenged as we accompany Calvin and Hobbes while they stir up trouble, travel through time, transmogrify themselves--and just have fun in everything they do.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, Tiger, Pictorial American wit and humor, Imaginary companions, Children, Comic books, strips, etc.
