The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water runs 1.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Clare Staniforth (about 1.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 1.7 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Clare Staniforth
Clare Staniforth narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 265 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
168 Classics (Literature) 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 Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water is an audiobook by Kate Douglas Wiggin: a 1.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Clare Staniforth, released February 15, 2026, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clare Staniforth
- Released
- February 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9798240103759
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water as an audiobook?
The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water runs 1.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.1 hours.
Is The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water?
The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water is narrated by Clare Staniforth.