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Mixed Bags by Melody Carlson

Mixed Bags: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Carter House Girls series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mixed Bags audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5listening hrs
Kidsstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Carter House Girls

This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 31 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Mixed Bags5 hrs
2Stealing Bradford5 hrs
3Homecoming Queen5.3 hrs
4Viva Vermont!5.1 hrs
5Lost in Las Vegas4.9 hrs
6New York Debut5.7 hrs

About as long, on the Kids shelf

2,338 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

Mixed Bags is book 1 of Melody Carlson's Carter House Girls series: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released January 4, 2011, on the Kids shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Tavia Gilbert
Released
January 4, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Kids
Series
Carter House Girls #1
ISBN
9780310875581

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mixed Bags audiobook?

Mixed Bags runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

Is the Mixed Bags audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Mixed Bags?

Mixed Bags is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.