If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by the numbers
Laura Numeroff · first published 1985 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 32 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 9,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 29 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 35 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 44 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 2 |
| Lexile measure | 410L |
At 32 pages, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is longer than 2.3% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is shorter than the median book listed for grades K-2 (44 pages).
Word counts and reading times are estimates: pages × 275 words, divided by the reading speed. Your edition's page count and your own pace will differ.
Where If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is on school reading lists
5 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 3 published lists, in grades Kindergarten–2nd. 5 of the 5 carry a link to the published source document.
States (1): Ohio.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 2 |
| 1st | 2 |
| 2nd | 1 |
Sources
- Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award — official winners list (Ohio, K-12 grade bands, voted biennially/annually since 1982) · checked 2026-06-09
- CES Academy — Grade-by-Grade Summer Reading List · checked 2026-06-05
- The First Academy — Kindergarten Read-Aloud & Early Readers Suggested Summer Reading · checked 2026-06-05
Questions
How many pages is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff is 32 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 9,000 words.
How long does it take to read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?
About 35 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (29 min at 300 wpm, 44 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 2 days.
Is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 5 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 1 state plus 2 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades K-2. That ranks it #1,000 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthA Bad Case of Stripes (32 pp.) · The Very Hungry Caterpillar (26 pp.) · FIREBOAT (48 pp.) · Mercy Watson to the Rescue (80 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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