Book · by Shel Silverstein · first published 1987
How many pages is The Giving Tree?
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein has a median of 57 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 54 to 64 pages.
How long will The Giving Tree take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | あすなろ書房 | Hardcover | 56 | OL62592312M |
| 2007 | HarperCollins | – | 64 | OL7289411M |
| 2004 | HarperCollins | Hardcover | 64 | OL9234020M |
| 2004 | HarperCollins | Library Binding | 64 | OL9763675M |
| 2002 | HarperCollins Publishers | – | 48 | OL7275024M |
| 1999 | HarperCollins | – | 64 | OL7276618M |
| 1998 | HarperCollins | – | 64 | OL7276591M |
| 1987 | Cape | – | 53 | OL17509285M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | Hardcover | 57 | OL23249767M |
| 1964 | HarperCollinsPublishers | – | 51 | OL22394468M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 57 | OL5910388M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Giving Tree?
- About 57 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 48 to 64 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Giving Tree?
- About 1 h at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
- How many words is The Giving Tree?
- Roughly 16,000 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)).