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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups by Erika Christakis

The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Teri Schnaubelt (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups is an audiobook by Erika Christakis: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Teri Schnaubelt, released February 9, 2016, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Teri Schnaubelt
Released
February 9, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781511357883

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups as an audiobook?

The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups?

The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups is narrated by Teri Schnaubelt.

Is The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.