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Book · by Dr. Seuss · first published 1990

How many pages is Oh, the Places You'll Go!?

Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss has a median of 48 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 48 to 55 pages.

Median pages
48
7 editions counted
Range
44–56
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
13k
at 275 words per page

How long will Oh, the Places You'll Go! 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
51 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.

4550551990200020101990: 44 pages1990: 48 pages1990: 54 pages1993: 56 pages2011: 48 pages2013: 56 pages2016: 48 pagesmedian 48
4550551990200020101990: 44 pages1990: 48 pages1990: 54 pages1993: 56 pages2011: 48 pages2013: 56 pages2016: 48 pagesmedian 48
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016HarperCollins Publishers Limited–48OL28558047M
2013Random House Children's Books–56OL29782947M
2011HarperCollins Children's Bookspaperback48OL28152717M
1993Random House Books for Young ReadersHardcover56OL7717257M
1990Collins–44OL17358905M
1990Random House–48OL2213919M
1990Random House–54OL25155643M

More by Dr. Seuss

All 23 books by Dr. Seuss with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Oh, the Places You'll Go!?
About 48 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 44 to 56 pages.
How long does it take to read Oh, the Places You'll Go!?
About 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is Oh, the Places You'll Go!?
Roughly 13,000 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)).