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How many pages is The Gruffalo's Child?

The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson has a median of 31 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 30 to 32 pages.

Median pages
31
5 editions counted
Range
24–32
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
9k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Gruffalo's Child 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
33 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.

2530200520072010201220152005: 31 pages2005: 30 pages2009: 32 pages2016: 32 pages2016: 24 pagesmedian 31
25302005201020152005: 31 pages2005: 30 pages2009: 32 pages2016: 32 pages2016: 24 pagesmedian 31
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 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 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Pan Macmillan–32OL28590548M
2016Pan Macmillan–24OL28620514M
2009Pan Macmillan–32OL28451395M
2005MacMillan Children's Bookspaperback31OL28169055M
2005MacMillan Children's Books–30OL28416973M

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Questions

How many pages is The Gruffalo's Child?
About 31 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 24 to 32 pages.
How long does it take to read The Gruffalo's Child?
About 33 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's Child?
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)).