How long does it take to read We Are in a Book!?
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems takes about 1 hour 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 3 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 57 pages, about 15,675 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 | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers (and vetted by an early-learning specialist), Mo Willems has crafted a mind-bending story that is even more interactive than previous Elephant & Piggie adventures. Fans of the Geisel Award-winning duo won't be able to put this book down--literally!
Subjects: Books and reading, Pigs, Swine, Elephants, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
