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The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain by Katherine Rundell, Various Authors

The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Bailey Smith and Katherine Rundell and others (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

1,117 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain is an audiobook by Katherine Rundell and Various Authors: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Bailey Smith, Katherine Rundell and Helena Bonham Carter and others, released November 12, 2020, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Ben Bailey Smith, Katherine Rundell, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Fry
Released
November 12, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9781526632128

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain as an audiobook?

The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

Is The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain?

The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain is narrated by Ben Bailey Smith, Katherine Rundell, Helena Bonham Carter and Stephen Fry.