The Butterfly Lion: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Butterfly Lion runs 1.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Virginia McKenna (about 1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 1.6 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf
254 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
The Butterfly Lion is an audiobook by Michael Morpurgo: a 1.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Virginia McKenna, released August 4, 2011, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Virginia McKenna
- Released
- August 4, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9780007452859
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Butterfly Lion as an audiobook?
The Butterfly Lion runs 1.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1 hours.
Is The Butterfly Lion free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Butterfly Lion?
The Butterfly Lion is narrated by Virginia McKenna.