Book · by Julia Donaldson · first published 1999
How many pages is The Gruffalo?
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson has a median of 32 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 32 pages.
How long will The Gruffalo take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 32 | 2 | 34 min |
| Paperback | 31 | 4 | 33 min |
Editions counted
The 13 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 100 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pan Macmillan | – | 40 | OL28728195M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | – | 32 | OL28590547M |
| 2015 | Macmillan Children's Books | Hardcover | 32 | OL28572967M |
| 2013 | Pan Macmillan | – | 32 | OL28500218M |
| 2013 | Macmillan Children's Books | Paperback | 29 | OL28264510M |
| 2013 | MacMillan Children's Books | paperback | 36 | OL28148019M |
| 2012 | Pan Macmillan | – | 32 | OL28482705M |
| 2009 | Macmillan Children's Books | paperback | 32 | OL28203213M |
| 2006 | Puffin | – | 32 | OL7360739M |
| 2005 | Dial | Cardbook | 24 | OL7907131M |
| 2004 | Pan Macmillan | – | 32 | OL28536995M |
| 1999 | Dial Books for Young Readers | Hardcover | 32 | OL7907139M |
| 1999 | Macmillan Children's Books | Paperback | 30 | OL16184549M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Gruffalo?
- About 32 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 24 to 40 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Gruffalo?
- About 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
- How many words is The Gruffalo?
- Roughly 9,000 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)).