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Book · by Shel Silverstein · first published 2005

How many pages is Where the Sidewalk Ends?

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein has a median of 176 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 168 to 181 pages.

Median pages
176
10 editions counted
Range
166–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page

How long will Where the Sidewalk Ends 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
3 h 06 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

17018019019801990200020101974: 166 pages1974: 176 pages1974: 176 pages1984: 166 pages1987: 176 pages2000: 166 pages2002: 176 pages2004: 183 pages2004: 183 pages2010: 192 pagesmedian 176
170180190198020001974: 166 pages1974: 176 pages1974: 176 pages1984: 166 pages1987: 176 pages2000: 166 pages2002: 176 pages2004: 183 pages2004: 183 pages2010: 192 pagesmedian 176
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 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 42 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Penguin Books, Limited–192OL28463027M
2004HarperCollinsHardcover183OL3318683M
2004Bound to Stay Bound Books–183OL53355028M
2002Harpercollins Childrens Books–176OL7277485M
2000HarperCollins–166OL3964148M
1987RH Canada UK Dist–176OL7414077M
1984Cape–166OL22325712M
1974Harper and Row–166OL5698083M

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Questions

How many pages is Where the Sidewalk Ends?
About 176 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 166 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read Where the Sidewalk Ends?
About 3 h 06 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Where the Sidewalk Ends?
Roughly 48,000 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)).