Thursday’s Child: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Margaret Thursday series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Thursday’s Child audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lucy Scott (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 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Margaret Thursday
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 9.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday’s Child | 6.3 hrs |
| 2 | Far To Go | 3.1 hrs |
More narrated by Lucy Scott
Lucy Scott narrates 143 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,609 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,182 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
Thursday’s Child is book 1 of Noel Streatfeild's Margaret Thursday series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Scott, released April 2, 2020, on the Classics (Kids) and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lucy Scott
- Released
- April 2, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids), Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Margaret Thursday #1
- ISBN
- 9780008244033
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Thursday’s Child audiobook?
Thursday’s Child runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is the Thursday’s Child audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Thursday’s Child?
Thursday’s Child is narrated by Lucy Scott.