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How many pages is Can't You Sleep, Little Bear??

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell has a median of 32 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 31 to 32 pages.

Median pages
32
16 editions counted
Range
28–32
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
9k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
34 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.

283032199019952000200520101988: 32 pages1988: 29 pages1991: 32 pages1994: 28 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1996: 32 pages1996: 29 pages1997: 32 pages1999: 29 pages2000: 32 pages2002: 32 pages2004: 32 pages2013: 32 pagesmedian 32
2830321990200020101988: 32 pages1988: 29 pages1991: 32 pages1994: 28 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1996: 32 pages1996: 29 pages1997: 32 pages1999: 29 pages2000: 32 pages2002: 32 pages2004: 32 pages2013: 32 pagesmedian 32
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover32734 min
Paperback32334 min

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 51 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Walker Books, Limited–32OL28513230M
2004CandlewickBoard book32OL8036289M
2002CandlewickHardcover32OL8036188M
2000Walker Books LtdPaperback32OL7954264M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding29OL9327536M
1997Magi PublicationsHardcover32OL11992205M
1996Magi PublicationsHardcover32OL11992209M
1996ScholasticPaperback29OL7884383M

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Questions

How many pages is Can't You Sleep, Little Bear??
About 32 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 28 to 32 pages.
How long does it take to read Can't You Sleep, Little Bear??
About 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is Can't You Sleep, Little Bear??
Roughly 9,000 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)).