It takes the average reader and 36 minutes to read A Sandpiper Alights by Christine Heppermann
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Authors of some of the best natural history writing for children employ poetry and poetic technique to convey scientific information. Through point-of-view, vivid imagery, metaphoric language, rhythm and pattern, they not only educate readers, but engage them more deeply in the narrative. These authors realize that scientific accuracy is important, but that it isn't enough. So they take children up close to their subject matter, out onto the sand to feel the sea spray, to hear the whir of wings as a sandpiper alights. In other words, they encourage children to think like scientists.
A Sandpiper Alights by Christine Heppermann is 36 pages long, and a total of 9,216 words.
This makes it 12% the length of the average book. It also has 11% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 50 minutes to read A Sandpiper Alights aloud.
A Sandpiper Alights is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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