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How many pages is Farmer Duck?

Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell has a median of 32 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 32 pages.

Median pages
32
10 editions counted
Range
26–40
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
9k
at 275 words per page

How long will Farmer Duck take you?

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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.

25303540199419961998200020021993: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1996: 32 pages1996: 40 pages1996: 32 pages1996: 40 pages1996: 32 pages2002: 26 pagesmedian 32
25303540199520001993: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1995: 32 pages1996: 32 pages1996: 40 pages1996: 32 pages1996: 40 pages1996: 32 pages2002: 26 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
Hardcover32534 min
Paperback36238 min

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 50 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2002CandlewickBoard book26OL8036275M
1996Magi PublicationsHardcover32OL11992213M
1996Walker Books–40OL16236266M
1996Magi PublicationsHardcover32OL11992212M
1996CandlewickPaperback40OL8646625M
1996CandlewickPaperback32OL8646691M
1995Magi PublicationsHardcover32OL11992210M
1995Magi PublicationsHardcover32OL11992214M

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Questions

How many pages is Farmer Duck?
About 32 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 26 to 40 pages.
How long does it take to read Farmer Duck?
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 Farmer Duck?
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)).