Book · by Beatrix Potter · first published 1934
How many pages is The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter has a median of 29 pages across 35 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 24 to 32 pages.
How long will The Tale of Peter Rabbit 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 | 5 | 34 min |
| Paperback | 30 | 5 | 32 min |
Editions counted
The 35 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 23 more editions were 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 132 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Studio Fun International | – | 22 | OL34985576M |
| 2021 | Cider Mill Press Book Publishers, LLC | – | 24 | OL30056533M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 29 | OL34258903M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 30 | OL34198034M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 29 | OL29997933M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 29 | OL29928103M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 29 | OL29997855M |
| 2020 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 14 | OL29456456M |
| 2019 | Cider Mill Press Book Publishers, LLC | – | 28 | OL28726239M |
| 2019 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 20 | OL34091703M |
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 32 | OL28690066M |
| 2018 | Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated | – | 40 | OL28875333M |
| 2017 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 14 | OL29338560M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 58 | OL29272212M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 54 | OL29700039M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 16 | OL28505688M |
| 2011 | Child's World, Incorporated, The | – | 24 | OL29656937M |
| 2009 | Children's Illustrated Classics | – | 24 | OL29768021M |
| 2007 | Warne | Paperback | 24 | OL10544133M |
| 2006 | Spotlight | Library Binding | 40 | OL12501783M |
| 2005 | Chronicle Books LLC | – | 32 | OL28430408M |
| 2003 | Frederick Warne | – | 18 | OL23090864M |
| 2001 | Warne | Board book | 18 | OL7865596M |
| 1999 | Warne | Hardcover | 59 | OL7865597M |
| 1996 | Gramercy | Hardcover | 16 | OL7679426M |
| 1995 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 30 | OL7637073M |
| 1992 | Western Publishing Co. | Paperback | 32 | OL10351027M |
| 1992 | Warne | Paperback | 32 | OL10543834M |
| 1991 | Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers | – | 34 | OL33972132M |
| 1990 | Smarty Pants | Paperback | 24 | OL12091228M |
| 1988 | Ladybird Books | Hardcover | 32 | OL7862432M |
| 1986 | Scholastic Inc. | – | 31 | OL24238707M |
| 1962 | Platt & Munk | – | 62 | OL5852585M |
| 1955 | Whitman | – | 28 | OL24216565M |
| 1940 | Ladybird Books | Hardcover | 26 | OL7862203M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
- About 29 pages: that is the median of 35 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 14 to 62 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
- About 31 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 Tale of Peter Rabbit?
- Roughly 8,000 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)).