The toddler wriggles in their seat, and the clock glares back at you, making you panic. Three books! There are two fingerplays. There is a craft activity. And now the whole thing seem to be coming down around itself. The energy is flagging and attention wanders. The goodbye song comes too late to salvage what […]

When you start that fat book, most of us starts with good intentions and vague math. You start with some kind of estimate in mind, some vague guess about how much time it’s going to take. I’ll read one chapter a night. That means I’ll be done by next Tuesday! It doesn’t always work that […]

If you’ve ever read a lengthy novel, you might be like me: You’re so proud when you’re done … then look at your reading log and realize it’s been three weeks since you started. On one hand, you’ve got all those pages under your belt. Great job! On the other hand, you have not crossed […]

It’s not just page count that matters; a thin book might have dense material, while a thick one could feature lots of big pictures that slow your pace. So how do you calculate how long it’ll take to read a graphic novel? The calculator let you enter information about word count and number of panels […]