Once there was a boy…: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once there was a boy… audiobook runs 0.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Mcgann and Richard E. Grant (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 0.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Mcgann
Paul Mcgann narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 83 hours in all.
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- The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945
- G. K. Chesterton: Three BBC Radio Mysteries: The Man Who Was Thursday, The Club of Queer Trades & The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf
128 Animals & Nature (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
Once there was a boy… is an audiobook by Oliver Jeffers: a 0.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Mcgann and Richard E. Grant, released February 25, 2021, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Mcgann, Richard E. Grant
- Released
- February 25, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9780008479190
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once there was a boy… audiobook?
Once there was a boy… runs 0.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.
Is the Once there was a boy… audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once there was a boy…?
Once there was a boy… is narrated by Paul Mcgann and Richard E. Grant.