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The Whale by Cynthia Rylant

The Whale: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Lighthouse Family series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Whale runs 0.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Nelson (about 0.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.6listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 0.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Whale at common listening paces
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What our data says

  • At 0.6 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lighthouse Family

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 0.8 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 3.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Storm0.8 hrs
2The Whale0.6 hrs
3The Eagle0.4 hrs
4The Turtle0.5 hrs
5The Octopus0.4 hrs
6The Otter0.2 hrs
7The Sea Lion0.2 hrs

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

263 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 Whale is book 2 of Cynthia Rylant's Lighthouse Family series: a 0.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Nelson, released April 27, 2012, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.6 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Nelson
Released
April 27, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
Series
Lighthouse Family #2
ISBN
9781436188739

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Whale as an audiobook?

The Whale runs 0.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.4 hours.

Is The Whale free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Whale?

The Whale is narrated by Mark Nelson.