The First Four Years: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Little House series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Four Years runs 2.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cherry Jones (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 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 2.5 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 79 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
530 Non-fiction (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 First Four Years is book 9 of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Cherry Jones, released February 7, 2017, on the Classics (Kids) and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cherry Jones
- Released
- February 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids), Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Little House #9
- ISBN
- 9780062657046
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Four Years as an audiobook?
The First Four Years runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is The First Four Years free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Four Years?
The First Four Years is narrated by Cherry Jones.