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Book · by Dr. Seuss · first published 1978

How many pages is I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!?

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! by Dr. Seuss has a median of 40 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 40 to 48 pages.

Median pages
40
8 editions counted
Range
38–48
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
11k
at 275 words per page

How long will I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! 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
42 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.

404519801990200020101978: 40 pages1978: 40 pages1978: 48 pages1979: 38 pages1999: 40 pages2003: 48 pages2017: 48 pages2018: 40 pagesmedian 40
4045198020001978: 40 pages1978: 40 pages1978: 48 pages1979: 38 pages1999: 40 pages2003: 48 pages2017: 48 pages2018: 40 pagesmedian 40
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 14 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018HarperCollins Publishers Limited–40OL29401939M
2017HarperCollins Publishers Limited–48OL28629535M
2003Picture Lions–48OL7262733M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding40OL9532011M
1979Collins–38OL15636904M
1978Beginner Books (A Div. of Random House, Inc.) and in Canada,Hardcover40OL4720202M
1978Beginner BooksHardcover40OL24243890M
1978Random House Books for Young Readers–48OL7465198M

More by Dr. Seuss

All 23 books by Dr. Seuss with page counts

Questions

How many pages is I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!?
About 40 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 38 to 48 pages.
How long does it take to read I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!?
About 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!?
Roughly 11,000 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)).