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How many pages is Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower?

Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower by Peggy Parish has a median of 64 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 64 pages.

Median pages
64
9 editions counted
Range
64
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
18k
at 275 words per page

How long will Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
1 h 08 min
At 30 min a day
3 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

63646519701980199020001966: 64 pages1967: 64 pages1977: 64 pages1979: 64 pages1995: 64 pages1999: 64 pages2003: 64 pages2003: 64 pages2007: 64 pagesmedian 64
636465198020001966: 64 pages1967: 64 pages1977: 64 pages1979: 64 pages1995: 64 pages1999: 64 pages2003: 64 pages2003: 64 pages2007: 64 pagesmedian 64
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007HarperFestival–64OL7289501M
2003Scholastic Inc–64OL7513040M
2003Scholastic Inc–64OL7513657M
1999Houghton MifflinUnknown Binding64OL10173678M
1995HarperCollins–64OL1414847M
1979HarperTrophyPaperback64OL9246997M
1977World's Work–64OL15044811M
1967World's Work–64OL21637340M

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Questions

How many pages is Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower?
About 64 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 64 to 64 pages.
How long does it take to read Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower?
About 1 h 08 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower?
Roughly 18,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

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)).