A Children’s Listening Library: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Children’s Listening Library series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Children’s Listening Library runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bobbie Frohman and David Thorn (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 3,228 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Children’s Listening Library Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Children’s Listening Library | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | Another Children’s Listening Library | 11.4 hrs |
More narrated by Bobbie Frohman
Bobbie Frohman narrates 67 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 308 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelf
111 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Children’s Listening Library is book 1 of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Children’s Listening Library series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Bobbie Frohman and David Thorn, released February 20, 2014, on the Classics (Kids) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bobbie Frohman, David Thorn
- Released
- February 20, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
- Series
- The Children’s Listening Library Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781483010564
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Children’s Listening Library as an audiobook?
A Children’s Listening Library runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is A Children’s Listening Library free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Children’s Listening Library?
A Children’s Listening Library is narrated by Bobbie Frohman and David Thorn.
Is A Children’s Listening Library worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.