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Book · by L. Frank Baum · first published 1988

How many pages is The Sea Fairies?

The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum has a median of 130 pages across 206 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 98 to 140 pages.

Median pages
130
206 editions counted
Range
62–286
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
36k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
2 h 18 min
At 30 min a day
5 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.

10020030019251950197520001911: 239 pages1911: 108 pages1988: 244 pages1998: 239 pages2002: 140 pages2002: 140 pages2003: 140 pages2003: 140 pages2004: 136 pages2004: 128 pages2005: 140 pages2005: 152 pages2005: 140 pages2005: 248 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 138 pages2006: 140 pages2006: 192 pages2007: 140 pages2007: 146 pages2007: 136 pages2007: 140 pages2010: 134 pages2010: 132 pages2010: 134 pages2011: 108 pages2012: 130 pages2012: 182 pages2012: 182 pages2013: 82 pages2013: 132 pages2013: 82 pages2013: 116 pages2013: 124 pages2014: 132 pages2014: 106 pages2014: 62 pages2014: 120 pages2014: 140 pages2014: 132 pages2014: 82 pages2014: 124 pages2014: 132 pages2015: 190 pages2015: 124 pages2015: 130 pages2015: 122 pages2015: 150 pages2015: 102 pages2015: 62 pages2015: 102 pages2015: 88 pages2016: 140 pages2016: 130 pages2016: 130 pages2016: 102 pages2016: 80 pages2016: 96 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 130 pages2016: 130 pages2016: 130 pages2016: 162 pages2016: 130 pages2016: 258 pages2016: 130 pages2017: 106 pages2017: 136 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 116 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 228 pages2017: 130 pages2017: 126 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 154 pages2017: 120 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 84 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 196 pages2017: 80 pages2017: 130 pages2017: 160 pages2017: 154 pages2017: 106 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 106 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 84 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 130 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 84 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 228 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 130 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 100 pages2017: 86 pages2017: 126 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 84 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 140 pages2017: 100 pages2017: 174 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 108 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 228 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 98 pages2017: 76 pages2018: 128 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 128 pages2018: 276 pages2018: 114 pages2018: 96 pages2018: 74 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 134 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 118 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 126 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 116 pages2018: 80 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 128 pages2018: 118 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 124 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 118 pages2018: 244 pages2018: 286 pages2018: 276 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 140 pages2018: 94 pages2018: 130 pages2018: 84 pages2018: 128 pages2018: 130 pages2020: 113 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 139 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 118 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 162 pages2020: 157 pages2020: 162 pages2021: 162 pages2021: 181 pages2021: 162 pages2021: 162 pages2021: 162 pages2021: 163 pages2021: 136 pages2021: 162 pages2021: 195 pages2021: 78 pages2021: 162 pages2021: 136 pages2021: 195 pagesmedian 130
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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
Hardcover14072 h 28 min
Paperback140122 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 206 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 528 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–162OL34334266M
2021Independently Published–181OL34216427M
2021Independently Published–162OL34344789M
2021Independently Published–162OL34347184M
2021Independently Published–162OL34301736M
2021Independently Published–163OL34203438M
2021Independently Published–136OL34339236M
2021Independently Published–162OL34213259M

More by L. Frank Baum

All 8 books by L. Frank Baum with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Sea Fairies?
About 130 pages: that is the median of 206 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 62 to 286 pages.
How long does it take to read The Sea Fairies?
About 2 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Sea Fairies?
Roughly 36,000 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)).