How Long to Read Spinning Tops & Gumdrops

How Long Does it Take to Read Spinning Tops & Gumdrops?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Spinning Tops & Gumdrops by Edwin Barnard

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Spinning Tops and Gumdrops takes us back to childhood in colonial Australia. The delight of children at play is universal, but the pleasure these children experience as depicted through the book's photographs is through their 'imagination, skill and daring' rather than through possessions. Children play quoits and jacks, hide and seek, cricket with a kerosene tin for a wicket, dress ups and charades. They climb trees, run races, and build rafts to sail on the local waterhole. The photographs show children happily absorbed in the play of their own making. Being a child in colonial Australia was also tough. It was a time when school yard disagreements were sorted out with fists and 'the loss of a little claret'. A time when children could view public hangings and premature death was frequent, especially taking the very young and vulnerable though dysentery, whooping cough or diphtheria. The lasting impression left by the contemporary accounts, photographs, etchings and paintings of colonial children in Spinning Tops and Gumdrops is their possession of qualities of resilience, self-sufficiency and acceptance of their lot. Perhaps it was through lack of choice, or of knowing no other. Nevertheless, these were qualities that put them in good stead for the challenges many faced in their adulthood. Interestingly, these are qualities on which contemporary society still places a high value, but which today seem a little more elusive.

How long is Spinning Tops & Gumdrops?

Spinning Tops & Gumdrops by Edwin Barnard is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Spinning Tops & Gumdrops Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Spinning Tops & Gumdrops aloud.

What Reading Level is Spinning Tops & Gumdrops?

Spinning Tops & Gumdrops is suitable for students ages 12 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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