The Octopus: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Lighthouse Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Octopus runs 0.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Nelson (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lighthouse Family
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 2.3 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 3.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Storm | 0.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Whale | 0.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Eagle | 0.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Turtle | 0.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Octopus | 0.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Otter | 0.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Sea Lion | 0.2 hrs |
More narrated by Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson narrates 81 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 487 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
271 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 Octopus is book 5 of Cynthia Rylant's Lighthouse Family series: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Nelson, released February 8, 2013, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Animals & Nature (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Nelson
- Released
- February 8, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Animals & Nature (Kids)
- Series
- Lighthouse Family #5
- ISBN
- 9781470356927
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Octopus as an audiobook?
The Octopus runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.
Is The Octopus free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Octopus?
The Octopus is narrated by Mark Nelson.