Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off
Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off by Kyla May takes about 23 minutes to read aloud (2,510 words, about 2 sentences a page), and it lands best with children aged 5-8.
Measured read-aloud timeabout 23 minutes
- Words
- 2,510
- Sentences a page
- 2
- Re-read tolerance
- 4/5survives a fortnight on repeat
- Vocabulary
- 2/5everyday words
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The useful verdict
Why Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off works
A pug keeps a diary in doodles, lists and speech bubbles while his owner builds a rocket for a school project. It is the diary format at a fifth of Wimpy Kid's length - 2,510 words - so a six-year-old who wants the book their older sibling has can have the same shape of book at their own level.
Before you buy it
Baron von Bubbles the cat is a running antagonist and the joke depends on you disliking cats. Much slighter than it looks; 72 heavily illustrated pages.
Themes: dogs, diary, school projects, rockets, friendship.
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Straight answers
Questions parents ask about Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off
- How long does it take to read Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off aloud?
- About 23 minutes at an unhurried pace, from a word count of 2,510. Reading it fast shaves perhaps a third off; stopping for questions on every page can double it.
- What age is Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off actually for?
- Ages 5-8 in our testing, which is narrower than the publisher's range. With 2 sentences a page and vocabulary at 2 out of 5, it asks for that much attention span and no more.
- Does Diary of a Pug: Pug Blasts Off survive being read on repeat?
- Yes. It survives a fortnight of nightly repeats, which is the real test.