
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 pace | Time |
|---|---|
| 150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud) | 7 hours |
| 200 words/min | 5.2 hours |
| 250 words/min (average) | 4.2 hours |
| 300 words/min | 3.5 hours |
| 400 words/min (fast) | 2.6 hours |
In the series
- This book1. Little House in the Big Woods
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All 9 Little House on the Prairie books in order
Juvenile fiction · Ficción juvenil · Frontier and pioneer life · Fiction · Vida de pioneros · Juvenile literature