How long does it take to read The Turtle?
The Turtle by Cynthia Rylant takes about 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Lighthouse family
Previous: The Eagle Next: The Octopus
About 52 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2005. 47 pages, about 12,925 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Whistler and Lila, two of the mice children who live in a lighthouse, meet a young octopus when they visit the beach during low tide.
Subjects: Lost children in fiction, Whales, Dogs in fiction, Cats in fiction, Fiction, Cats
