Author · born 25 Jun 1929 · died 23 May 2021

Eric Carle books: page counts

14 books by Eric Carle with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books

with page data

Longest

The Grouchy Ladybug

Shortest

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Open Library edition records.

Every book

Book	First published	Median pages	Range	Reading time
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo	–	28	21–34	30 min
A House for Hermit Crab	–	32	27–36	34 min
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?	–	29	26–32	31 min
From Head to Toe	–	26	25–32	28 min
Have You Seen My Cat?	–	28	21–32	30 min
Pancakes, Pancakes!	–	32	24–36	34 min
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me	–	32	25–32	34 min
Rooster's Off to See the World	–	26	23–32	28 min
The Grouchy Ladybug	–	41	40–48	43 min
The Mixed-Up Chameleon	–	32	31–40	34 min
The Tiny Seed	–	32	32–40	38 min
The Very Busy Spider	–	26	22–32	28 min
The Very Hungry Caterpillar	–	25	13–40	26 min
Walter the Baker	–	32	27–40	34 min

Reading all 14 takes about 7 h 29 min at average speed (422 pages).