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How many pages is The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body?

The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole has a median of 40 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 38 to 40 pages.

Median pages
40
5 editions counted
Range
38–40
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
11k
at 275 words per page

How long will it 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
46 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.

3840199019921994199619981989: 40 pages1990: 40 pages1991: 38 pages1996: 38 pages1999: 40 pagesmedian 40
3840199019951989: 40 pages1990: 40 pages1991: 38 pages1996: 38 pages1999: 40 pagesmedian 40
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 30 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding40OL9874410M
1996Hippo–38OL32757261M
1991Scholastic Inc.–38OL16993638M
1990Scholastic PressPaperback40OL7887094M
1989Scholastic Inc.–40OL2527786M

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Questions

How many pages is The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body?
About 40 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 38 to 40 pages.
How long does it take to read The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body?
About 46 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body?
Roughly 11,000 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)).