Book · by Margaret Wise Brown · first published 2005
How many pages is Goodnight Moon?
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown has a median of 32 pages across 34 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 31 to 34 pages.
How long will Goodnight Moon 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 | 32 | 6 | 34 min |
| Paperback | 32 | 3 | 34 min |
Editions counted
The 34 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 143 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Two Hoots | – | 34 | OL33946482M |
| 2017 | Pan Macmillan | – | 32 | OL28624341M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | – | 32 | OL28613702M |
| 2007 | HarperFestival | Hardcover | 34 | OL9244094M |
| 2007 | HarperFestival | – | 34 | OL7280905M |
| 2007 | HarperFestival | – | 32 | OL7288126M |
| 2007 | HarperFestival | Hardcover | 16 | OL7759574M |
| 2006 | HarperTrophy | – | 32 | OL7291974M |
| 2006 | HarperFestival | – | 32 | OL7288695M |
| 2005 | HarperCollins | – | 32 | OL7281505M |
| 2005 | HarperFestival | – | 34 | OL7281258M |
| 2005 | Live Oak Media | Paperback | 32 | OL9444276M |
| 2005 | HarperCollins | – | 32 | OL7281506M |
| 2005 | – | – | 36 | OL58725727M |
| 2003 | HarperFestival | – | 34 | OL7278260M |
| 2003 | Universe Publishing | Calendar | 24 | OL11143860M |
| 2002 | HarperFestival | Board book | 34 | OL9229618M |
| 2001 | Campbell Books | – | 30 | OL23133713M |
| 2001 | Minnesota Humanities Commission | Paperback | 36 | OL8521237M |
| 1999 | HarperFestival | Hardcover | 32 | OL11183283M |
| 1997 | HarperFestival | Hardcover | 32 | OL7759511M |
| 1997 | HarperFestival | Paperback | 32 | OL11183236M |
| 1995 | Harper Children's Audio | – | 32 | OL22232604M |
| 1992 | Scholastic Book Club Edition | – | 30 | OL7541278M |
| 1992 | HarperFestival | Hardcover | 32 | OL11183143M |
| 1991 | HarperCollins | Hardcover | 31 | OL23242531M |
| 1990 | HarperCollins | – | 31 | OL24760940M |
| 1989 | Scholastic | – | 29 | OL22813400M |
| 1982 | HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS | – | 36 | OL50990783M |
| 1975 | Harper & Row | – | 31 | OL15353628M |
| 1947 | Harper | – | 31 | OL50443237M |
| 1947 | Harper | – | 31 | OL6522561M |
| 1947 | Harper | – | 31 | OL17753471M |
| 1947 | HarperCollins Publishers | – | 32 | OL34110851M |
Questions
- How many pages is Goodnight Moon?
- About 32 pages: that is the median of 34 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 16 to 36 pages.
- How long does it take to read Goodnight Moon?
- 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 Goodnight Moon?
- 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)).