Cover of Where the Sidewalk Ends
Reading time

How long does it take to read Where the Sidewalk Ends?

by Shel Silverstein

At an average pace

3h 14m

48,400 words at 250 a minute

At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 7 days.

That is 6 sessions with Where the Sidewalk Ends.

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45 minutes a day would finish it in about 5 days.

This estimate uses a representative 176-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.

How many words is Where the Sidewalk Ends?

Where the Sidewalk Ends is about 48,400 words, estimated from its 176 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 3 hours 14 minutes.

We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.

How many pages is Where the Sidewalk Ends?

Catalog page count
176
Edition ISBN
9780060513030
Author
Shel Silverstein
Genre
children

These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.

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