The Summer Begins: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Callahan Cousins series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Summer Begins runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stina Nielsen (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.3 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Callahan Cousins
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 25.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Summer Begins | 6.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Home Sweet Home | 5.1 hrs |
| 3 | Keeping Cool | 7.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Together Again | 6.6 hrs |
More narrated by Stina Nielsen
Stina Nielsen narrates 263 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,672 hours in all.
About as long, on the Kids shelf
2,472 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 Summer Begins is book 1 of Elizabeth Doyle Carey's Callahan Cousins series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Stina Nielsen, released January 16, 2008, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stina Nielsen
- Released
- January 16, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Callahan Cousins #1
- ISBN
- 9781440797378
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Summer Begins as an audiobook?
The Summer Begins runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is The Summer Begins free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Summer Begins?
The Summer Begins is narrated by Stina Nielsen.