Author · born 1916 · died 2021
Beverly Cleary books: page counts
11 books by Beverly Cleary with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.
Books
11
with page data
Longest
208
Ramona and Her Mother
Shortest
134
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Pages per book
Median page count, in order of first publication.
Every book
| Book | First published | Median pages | Range | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Huggins | 1950 | 155 | 92–208 | 2 h 44 min |
| Beezus and Ramona | 1955 | 159 | 142–208 | 2 h 48 min |
| Ramona the Pest | 1968 | 192 | 144–210 | 3 h 23 min |
| Ramona and Her Father | 1977 | 186 | 144–192 | 3 h 17 min |
| Ramona and Her Mother | 1979 | 208 | 171–226 | 3 h 40 min |
| Ramona Quimby, Age 8 | 1981 | 190 | 142–208 | 3 h 21 min |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw | 1983 | 134 | 133–157 | 2 h 22 min |
| Ramona Forever | 1984 | 182 | 155–208 | 3 h 12 min |
| Ramona the Brave | 1995 | 190 | 124–208 | 3 h 21 min |
| Runaway Ralph | 2007 | 175 | 140–224 | 3 h 05 min |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle | 2007 | 158 | 134–224 | 2 h 47 min |
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).