The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo runs 0.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter and others (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 0.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.5 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 95 hours in all.
- The Gruffalo and Other Stories
- The Snail and the Whale and Other Stories
- Sugarlump and the Unicorn and Other Stories
- Charlie Cook's Favourite Book: A rhyming celebration of the joy of books from the creators of The Gruffalo
- Monkey Puzzle: A funny rhyming story about jungle animals from the creators of The Gruffalo
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf
150 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 Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo is an audiobook by Julia Donaldson: a 0.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter and Steven Pacey, released July 25, 2019, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter, Steven Pacey
- Released
- July 25, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9781529037814
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo as an audiobook?
The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo runs 0.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.
Is The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo?
The Smartest Giant in Town: A big-hearted story of kindness and friendship from the creators of The Gruffalo is narrated by Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter and Steven Pacey.