Once There Was: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once There Was audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Nikki Massoud (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nikki Massoud
Nikki Massoud narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,081 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf
49 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Redwall
- Dragonslayer (Wings of Fire: Legends)
- Amari and the Night Brothers
- Dragon Rider
- Warriors Super Edition: Squirrelflight's Hope
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 is an audiobook by Kiyash Monsef: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Nikki Massoud, released April 4, 2023, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nikki Massoud
- Released
- April 4, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9781797150789
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once There Was audiobook?
Once There Was runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is the Once There Was audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once There Was?
Once There Was is narrated by Nikki Massoud.
Is Once There Was worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.