How long does it take to read They Were Strong and Good?
They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 15 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1940. 68 pages, about 18,700 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
They Were Strong and Good is a book by Robert Lawson that won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941. It tells the story of Lawson's family: where they came from, how they met, what they did, where they lived. "None of them," Lawson says in the preface, speaking of his ancestors, "were great or famous, but they were strong and good." <sup>1</sup>
Subjects: Families, Frontier and pioneer life, Family, Juvenile fiction, racist, Caldecott Medal
