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Book 1 of Little House on the Prairie · 1932

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder. 228 pages, about 4.2 hours to read. Rated 4.0 out of 5 by 59 Open Library readers.

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How long to read Little House in the Big Woods

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, Little House in the Big Woods takes about 4.2 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 228 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)7 hours
200 words/min5.2 hours
250 words/min (average)4.2 hours
300 words/min3.5 hours
400 words/min (fast)2.6 hours

In the series

All 9 Little House on the Prairie books in order

Juvenile fiction · Ficción juvenil · Frontier and pioneer life · Fiction · Vida de pioneros · Juvenile literature