Skip to main content
Your first audiobook is free For Authors For Narrators
Academy Voices Audiobooks

Audiobooks

Narrators

Authors

Nothing matches yet. Try one word of the title, or the author's last name.

See all results for “” →
Get Started
← Back to the catalog
The Beetle Who Went on His Travels
Hans Christian Andersen
Written by Hans Christian Andersen 34 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Hans Christian Andersen was born to a poor family in Odense, Denmark, and went to Copenhagen at fourteen to make his way in the theater. More about Hans Christian Andersen →
Richard Stibbard
Read by a real person Richard Stibbard 35 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Engaging British Voiceover I’m a British voice artist from the UK with a background in speech sciences (PhD in phonetics studying the effects of emo… Hear more from Richard → Tip Richard for this narration →
Children's Story

The Beetle Who Went on His Travels

by Hans Christian Andersen · read by Richard Stibbard · 18 min

The emperor's horse is given shoes of gold, and a beetle in the stable sees no reason he should go without. When the blacksmith refuses him, the beetle leaves the stable in a huff and flies off into the wide world to see what it holds.

Read more ↓
▶︎ Listen to a sample
0:00 3:58
$4.99 Yours to keep
New here? Get 25% off your first audiobook →
Free audiobook

Listen to the whole story free

Enter your email and we'll send you a link to the full audiobook of The Beetle Who Went on His Travels. No account needed.

We'll also ask if you'd like new audiobooks by email. Privacy Policy

✓ DRM-free, yours to keep. Download the files after you buy and play them anywhere.

You get a gift code and a card to print or send. Whoever redeems it keeps the audiobook. The code never expires.

  • Yours to keepBuy once, it stays in your library
  • Listen anywhereIn our app on your phone or computer
  • No subscriptionNo credits, no monthly fee
✓ Certified Human Voice™ 4.6 on Trustpilot · 21 reviews 5.0 on Google · 10 reviews Read our reviews

Bought by mistake or something wrong with the audio? Email apica@academyvoices.com within 14 days for a full refund.

About this audiobook

The emperor's horse is given shoes of gold, and a beetle in the stable sees no reason he should go without. When the blacksmith refuses him, the beetle leaves the stable in a huff and flies off into the wide world to see what it holds. Hans Christian Andersen's gentle, funny story of a proud little traveler and the creatures he meets along the way, read by Richard Stibbard. Eighteen minutes, for children and for anyone who has ever thought the world owed them gold shoes.

New listeners

Get 25% off your first audiobook

Join our list and we'll email you 25% off, plus new releases from our store. Every one is read by a real person. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time. Privacy Policy
Details
Length
18 min
Narration
Solo narrator
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
January 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798295392023
Questions
Who narrates The Beetle Who Went on His Travels audiobook?

This edition of The Beetle Who Went on His Travels by Hans Christian Andersen is narrated by Richard Stibbard.

How long is The Beetle Who Went on His Travels audiobook?

It runs 18 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

Is this audiobook narrated by a real person?

Yes. Every Academy Voices audiobook is Certified Human Voice: performed start to finish by a real narrator.

Where can I listen to The Beetle Who Went on His Travels?

Right here: buy it on Academy Voices and listen in your browser or our app. Hear a free sample on this page first.

Keep listening

More Children's Story

See them all

Dreamikins

By Amy Le Feuvre

Narrated by Heather Nichols

$9.99 Children's Story DRM-free

0:00 –:––