Book · by Beverly Cleary · first published 1983
How many pages is Dear Mr. Henshaw?
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary has a median of 134 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 133 to 134 pages.
How long will Dear Mr. Henshaw take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 134 | 5 | 2 h 22 min |
| Paperback | 134 | 6 | 2 h 22 min |
Editions counted
The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Paw Prints | library binding | 134 | OL35676301M |
| 2012 | HarperTrophy | paperback | 134 | OL58886246M |
| 2008 | HarperCollins Publishers | Hardcover | 133 | OL32028487M |
| 2000 | HarperTrophy | Paperback | 133 | OL21462814M |
| 2000 | Turtleback | Library Binding | 157 | OL31898715M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 133 | OL9332379M |
| 1998 | Scholastic Inc. | Paperback | 144 | OL24204841M |
| 1996 | Avon Books (Mm) | – | 144 | OL7433269M |
| 1987 | ABC-Clio | – | 141 | OL2737668M |
| 1985 | Penguin | – | 134 | OL19312575M |
| 1984 | Yearling | Paperback | 133 | OL24941195M |
| 1984 | Yearling | Paperback | 134 | OL37040862M |
| 1984 | Yearling | paperback | 134 | OL7522858M |
| 1983 | Morrow | – | 133 | OL3163508M |
| 1983 | William Morrow and Company | Library Binding | 134 | OL34365275M |
| 1983 | Bound to Stay Bound Books | – | 133 | OL53347906M |
| 1983 | MacRae | – | 133 | OL18435606M |
More by Beverly Cleary
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- 159 pagesBeezus and Ramona
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All 11 books by Beverly Cleary with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Dear Mr. Henshaw?
- About 134 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 133 to 157 pages.
- How long does it take to read Dear Mr. Henshaw?
- About 2 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
- How many words is Dear Mr. Henshaw?
- Roughly 37,000 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)).