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How many pages is Blueberries for Sal?

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey has a median of 54 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 54 to 55 pages.

Median pages
54
9 editions counted
Range
51–64
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
15k
at 275 words per page

How long will Blueberries for Sal 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
57 min
At 30 min a day
2 days
At 1 hour a day
1 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50556065195019601970198019901948: 54 pages1948: 54 pages1948: 54 pages1976: 55 pages1976: 64 pages1976: 54 pages1987: 51 pages1993: 55 pagesmedian 54
50556065196019801948: 54 pages1948: 54 pages1948: 54 pages1976: 55 pages1976: 64 pages1976: 54 pages1987: 51 pages1993: 55 pagesmedian 54
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1993PuffinPaperback55OL10098846M
1987Scholastic–51OL15378384M
1976ScholasticPaperback55OL7886921M
1976Puffin–64OL7355820M
1976Viking Press–54OL14655665M
1948Viking Press–54OL23248301M
1948Viking Press–54OL6029232M
1948Viking Press–54OL17846651M

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Questions

How many pages is Blueberries for Sal?
About 54 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 51 to 64 pages.
How long does it take to read Blueberries for Sal?
About 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is Blueberries for Sal?
Roughly 15,000 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)).