How long does it take to read Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast?
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Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Jane Yolen takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 175 pages, about 48,125 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In these modern myths and tales for the young and the young at hear, Jane Yolen transforms the impossible into the familiar and real. Among the outlandish wonders are an Alice grown tough in Wonderland, a dear--but dead--mother's homecoming, a bridge that longs for a goat-eating troll, and a mutiny among Peter Pan's troops. Features the Nebula Award-winning novella "Lost Girls."
Subjects: Short stories, Children's stories, American, Children's stories
