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How many pages is Little Town on the Prairie?

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder has a median of 304 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 303 to 320 pages.

Median pages
304
17 editions counted
Range
222–374
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
84k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Little Town on the Prairie 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
5 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

2002503003501960198020001941: 302 pages1941: 288 pages1941: 322 pages1953: 303 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 304 pages1963: 222 pages1969: 223 pages1969: 305 pages1969: 304 pages1971: 307 pages2003: 320 pages2003: 320 pages2004: 320 pages2007: 374 pages2016: 320 pagesmedian 304
2002503003501950197520001941: 302 pages1941: 288 pages1941: 322 pages1953: 303 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 304 pages1963: 222 pages1969: 223 pages1969: 305 pages1969: 304 pages1971: 307 pages2003: 320 pages2003: 320 pages2004: 320 pages2007: 374 pages2016: 320 pagesmedian 304
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
Hardcover30335 h 20 min
Paperback32035 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 58 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016HarperCollins Publishers Limited–320OL29737828M
2007HarperTrophyPaperback374OL9238238M
2004HarperTrophyPaperback320OL9233904M
2003Avon–320OL7277734M
2003Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding320OL10953349M
1971Harper Trophy–307OL6803232M
1969Penguin–223OL22554404M
1969scholasticPaperback305OL7886779M

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Questions

How many pages is Little Town on the Prairie?
About 304 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 222 to 374 pages.
How long does it take to read Little Town on the Prairie?
About 5 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Little Town on the Prairie?
Roughly 84,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).