How long does it take to read Where the Forest Meets the Sea?
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1987. 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 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collage picture book in which a boy and his father visit an ancient forest in their boat, the Time Machine. The boat is aptly named, as the boy imagines what the forest was like in the past and what it may be like in the future.
Subjects: Fiction, Rain forests, Children's fiction, Forests and forestry, fiction, Australia, fiction, Nature study, fiction
