Book · by Eric Carle
How many pages is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle has a median of 25 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 22 to 32 pages.
How long will The Very Hungry Caterpillar 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 | 36 | 2 | 38 min |
| Paperback | 28 | 3 | 30 min |
Editions counted
The 31 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 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 178 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 32 | OL28707437M |
| 2018 | Philomel Books | hardcover | 40 | OL27361526M |
| 2017 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 24 | OL28564902M |
| 2014 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 32 | OL28544425M |
| 2014 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 16 | OL28520988M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 32 | OL28484762M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 24 | OL28470676M |
| 2010 | Puffin Books | – | 14 | OL25965939M |
| 2008 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 32 | OL44234450M |
| 2007 | Philomel | Board book | 24 | OL9784022M |
| 2007 | [s.n.] | – | 28 | OL45202506M |
| 2006 | 偕成社 | – | 25 | OL27213813M |
| 2002 | Philomel | – | 24 | OL7471548M |
| 2002 | Longman | Paperback | 28 | OL7881620M |
| 2001 | Philomel | – | 13 | OL7471485M |
| 1995 | Mantra | – | 20 | OL22428862M |
| 1994 | Philomel Books | – | 40 | OL18005339M |
| 1994 | Philomel Books | – | 25 | OL24223029M |
| 1992 | Mantra Publishing | – | 15 | OL22045076M |
| 1992 | Aims International+books Inc | Paperback | 28 | OL11956434M |
| 1992 | Mantra | – | 28 | OL22031466M |
| 1991 | Philomel | Hardcover | 32 | OL10176128M |
| 1989 | Philomel | – | 16 | OL7471293M |
| 1987 | Philomel Books | – | 22 | OL16766565M |
| 1987 | Scholastic | – | 24 | OL24961834M |
| 1987 | Scholastic | Paperback | 32 | OL7885051M |
| 1986 | Philomel | – | 32 | OL7471201M |
| 1981 | Philomel Books | – | 22 | OL17765875M |
| 1976 | Collins + World | – | 26 | OL22781534M |
| 1970 | Collins World | – | 14 | OL22986049M |
| 1969 | Philomel Books | – | 28 | OL17583877M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
- About 25 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 13 to 40 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
- About 26 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 Hungry Caterpillar?
- 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)).