How Long to Read The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of

How Long Does it Take to Read The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of by Howard Pyle

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

Description

This collection contains one tale for each hour including "Master Clock: How Boots Befooled the King," "The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre," and others. A large measure of Pyle's amazing success with youngsters is his genius as an illustrator and this book includes some of his most unforgettable drawings. Katharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 - February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's writer.Born in Wilmington, Delaware, the youngest offspring of William Pyle and Margaret (Painter), she was the sister of author and artist Howard Pyle.She was educated at the Women's Industrial School and the Drexel Institute, then studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the New York Art Students' League. She lived in Wilmington her whole life, except four years in New York during the 1890s.......... Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 - November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. In 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University). After 1900, he founded his own school of art and illustration, named the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. The scholar Henry C. Pitz later used the term Brandywine School for the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region, several of whom had studied with Pyle.Some of his more notable students were N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ethel Franklin Betts, Anna Whelan Betts, Harvey Dunn, Clyde O. DeLand, Philip R. Goodwin, Thornton Oakley, Violet Oakley, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Olive Rush, Allen Tupper True, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Arthur E. Becher, William James Aylward, and Jessie Willcox Smith. Pyle's home and studio in Wilmington, where he taught his students, is still standing and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.His 1883 classic publication The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print, and his other books, frequently with medieval European settings, include a four-volume set on King Arthur. He is also well known for his illustrations of pirates, and is credited with creating what has become the modern stereotype of pirate dress.He published his first novel, Otto of the Silver Hand, in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Magazine and St. Nicholas Magazine. His novel Men of Iron was adapted as the movie The Black Shield of Falworth (1954).Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy in 1910 to study mural painting. He died there in 1911 of a sudden kidney infection (Bright's Disease). .......

How long is The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of?

The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of by Howard Pyle is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of aloud.

What Reading Level is The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of?

The Wonder Clock, Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales : Being One for Each Hour Of 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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