How long does it take to read The Story of the Root-Children?
The Story of the Root-Children by Sibylle von Olfers takes about 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 26 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1980. 24 pages, about 6,600 words. Written for children.
1 day at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The root children spend the winter asleep. When spring comes, they wake, sew themselves new gowns, and clean and paint the beetles and bugs. All summer they play in fields, ponds and meadows before returning in the autumn to Mother Earth, who welcomes them home and puts them to bed once more.
Subjects: Picture books, Nature, Spring, Fiction, Children's stories, German, English poetry
