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How many pages is The First Four Years?

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder has a median of 147 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 134 to 160 pages.

Median pages
147
10 editions counted
Range
112–162
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
40k
at 275 words per page
Book 9 of Little House on the Prairie
Series in order

How long will The First Four Years take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
2 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1201401601960198020001953: 160 pages1971: 162 pages1971: 134 pages1972: 134 pages1978: 112 pages1999: 134 pages2003: 160 pages2004: 160 pages2007: 126 pages2016: 160 pagesmedian 147
120140160197520001953: 160 pages1971: 162 pages1971: 134 pages1972: 134 pages1978: 112 pages1999: 134 pages2003: 160 pages2004: 160 pages2007: 126 pages2016: 160 pagesmedian 147
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016HarperCollins Publishers Limited–160OL29737819M
2007HarperTrophy–126OL7283533M
2004HarperTrophy–160OL7279199M
2003AvonPaperback160OL9232443M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding134OL9519936M
1978Puffin Books–112OL18170642M
1972HarperTrophy–134OL6803234M
1971Harper and Row, publishers–162OL58836647M

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Questions

How many pages is The First Four Years?
About 147 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 112 to 162 pages.
How long does it take to read The First Four Years?
About 2 h 50 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The First Four Years?
Roughly 40,000 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).