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Book · by Janell Cannon · first published 1990

How many pages is Stellaluna?

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon has a median of 47 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 43 to 48 pages.

Median pages
47
6 editions counted
Range
42–48
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
13k
at 275 words per page

How long will Stellaluna 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
50 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.

424547200020101993: 46 pages1995: 48 pages1997: 48 pages2007: 42 pages2018: 48 pages2019: 42 pagesmedian 47
424547200020101993: 46 pages1995: 48 pages1997: 48 pages2007: 42 pages2018: 48 pages2019: 42 pagesmedian 47
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 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 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–42OL28913376M
2018Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–48OL29786008M
2007Red Wagon BooksBoard book42OL9758387M
1997Harcourt Big Books–48OL7363036M
1995David Bennett BooksHardcover48OL18421123M
1993Harcourt Brace & CompanyHardcover46OL25643804M

Questions

How many pages is Stellaluna?
About 47 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 42 to 48 pages.
How long does it take to read Stellaluna?
About 50 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is Stellaluna?
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)).