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How many pages is The Very Busy Spider?

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle has a median of 26 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 24 to 32 pages.

Median pages
26
12 editions counted
Range
22–32
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
7k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Very Busy Spider 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
28 min
At 30 min a day
1 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.

253019902000201020201984: 22 pages1985: 24 pages1988: 22 pages1989: 26 pages1995: 26 pages1995: 26 pages2000: 32 pages2006: 24 pages2008: 24 pages2011: 32 pages2020: 32 pages2021: 32 pagesmedian 26
2530200020201984: 22 pages1985: 24 pages1988: 22 pages1989: 26 pages1995: 26 pages1995: 26 pages2000: 32 pages2006: 24 pages2008: 24 pages2011: 32 pages2020: 32 pages2021: 32 pagesmedian 26
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Random House Books for Young Readers–32OL34226969M
2020Penguin Young Readers Group–32OL30206907M
2011Penguin Books, Limited–32OL28468034M
2008PhilomelBoard book24OL9789251M
2006Grosset & Dunlap–24OL7562901M
2000PhilomelHardcover32OL10176198M
1995Philomel Books–26OL23278079M
1995Philomel–26OL7471401M

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Questions

How many pages is The Very Busy Spider?
About 26 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 22 to 32 pages.
How long does it take to read The Very Busy Spider?
About 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 1 days.
How many words is The Very Busy Spider?
Roughly 7,000 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)).