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How many pages is The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me?

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl has a median of 78 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 78 to 84 pages.

Median pages
78
8 editions counted
Range
64–96
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
21k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
1 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
3 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

60801002000201020201992: 78 pages1994: 80 pages1998: 78 pages2000: 78 pages2008: 96 pages2009: 78 pages2016: 96 pages2020: 64 pagesmedian 78
60801002000201020201992: 78 pages1994: 80 pages1998: 78 pages2000: 78 pages2008: 96 pages2009: 78 pages2016: 96 pages2020: 64 pagesmedian 78
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 7 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 82 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Books, Limited–64OL28063137M
2016Puffin–96OL28592320M
2009Puffin Books–78OL26334377M
2008Puffin–96OL26844047M
2000Scholastic–78OL24208219M
1998Puffin Books–78OL355982M
1994Puffin–80OL7354124M
1992Jonathan Cape–78OL15552050M

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Questions

How many pages is The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me?
About 78 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 64 to 96 pages.
How long does it take to read The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me?
About 1 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me?
Roughly 21,000 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)).