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How many pages is Walter the Baker?

Walter the Baker by Eric Carle has a median of 32 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 32 to 33 pages.

Median pages
32
7 editions counted
Range
27–40
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
9k
at 275 words per page

How long will Walter the Baker 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
34 min
At 30 min a day
2 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.

30354019801990200020101972: 32 pages1996: 27 pages1998: 40 pages2001: 32 pages2012: 34 pages2014: 32 pages2014: 32 pagesmedian 32
303540198020001972: 32 pages1996: 27 pages1998: 40 pages2001: 32 pages2012: 34 pages2014: 32 pages2014: 32 pagesmedian 32
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 20 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Simon Spotlight–32OL28785230M
2014Simon Spotlight–32OL28798770M
2012Little Simon–34OL28481570M
2001Simon & Schuster–32OL19212384M
1998AladdinPaperback40OL7729068M
1996Scholastic, Inc.–27OL24370464M
1972Knopf–32OL4769499M

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Questions

How many pages is Walter the Baker?
About 32 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 27 to 40 pages.
How long does it take to read Walter the Baker?
About 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is Walter the Baker?
Roughly 9,000 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)).