Author · born 1930-09-25 · died 1999-05-10
Shel Silverstein books: page counts
3 books by Shel Silverstein with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.
Books
3
with page data
Longest
176
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shortest
57
The Giving Tree
Pages per book
Median page count, in order of first publication.
Every book
| Book | First published | Median pages | Range | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Light in the Attic | 1986 | 172 | 167–192 | 3 h 01 min |
| The Giving Tree | 1987 | 57 | 48–64 | 1 h |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | 2005 | 176 | 166–192 | 3 h 06 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)).