How long does it take to read The Water Hole?
The Water Hole by Graeme Base takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2001. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.
Subjects: Rain and rainfall, Animals, Hydrologic cycle, Fiction, Water, Counting
