How long does it take to read The Water Horse?
Dick King-Smith, David Parkins, Melissa A. Manwill, Nathaniel Parker
The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith, David Parkins, Melissa A. Manwill, Nathaniel Parker takes about 2 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 3 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1992. 112 pages, about 30,800 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.
Subjects: Fiction, Loch Ness monster, Sea monsters, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Horses, fiction
