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Book · by Beverly Cleary · first published 2007

How many pages is The Mouse and the Motorcycle?

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary has a median of 158 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 158 to 160 pages.

Median pages
158
19 editions counted
Range
134–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
43k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Mouse and the Motorcycle take you?

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Reading time
2 h 47 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

150200198020001965: 158 pages1974: 160 pages1977: 158 pages1977: 142 pages1989: 139 pages1991: 160 pages1991: 158 pages1996: 134 pages1996: 160 pages2000: 158 pages2001: 158 pages2006: 158 pages2006: 186 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 158 pages2010: 158 pages2014: 183 pages2015: 199 pages2018: 224 pagesmedian 158
150200198020001965: 158 pages1974: 160 pages1977: 158 pages1977: 142 pages1989: 139 pages1991: 160 pages1991: 158 pages1996: 134 pages1996: 160 pages2000: 158 pages2001: 158 pages2006: 158 pages2006: 186 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 158 pages2010: 158 pages2014: 183 pages2015: 199 pages2018: 224 pagesmedian 158
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover15872 h 47 min
Paperback15832 h 47 min

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 64 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Harperhardcover224OL27383338M
2015HarperHardcover199OL28738913M
2014Bound to Stay Bound Books–183OL53350571M
2010HarperCollins PublishersPaperback158OL24965079M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover158OL10352444M
2006HarperTrophy–186OL23108675M
2006HarperCollinsHardcover160OL9234057M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover158OL10352741M

More by Beverly Cleary

All 11 books by Beverly Cleary with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Mouse and the Motorcycle?
About 158 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 134 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read The Mouse and the Motorcycle?
About 2 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Mouse and the Motorcycle?
Roughly 43,000 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)).