More books retold in words of one syllable

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » September 11th, 2015, 2:49 pm

We already have in the catalogue a few books retold in words of one syllable. Here are some more:

The history of the United States; told in one syllable words by Josephine Pollard
https://archive.org/details/onesyllablewords00pollrich

Aesop's Fables by Mary Godolphin (Lucy Aikin)
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00035161

Sanford and Merton by Mary Godolphin (Lucy Aikin)
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn2gc5

Bible stories in words of one syllable by M. A. B.
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084089/00001

Heroes of History in words of one syllable by Agnes Sadlier
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00080014/00001

Gulliver's Travels by Mrs. J. C. Gorham
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015078566893

The Man's boot and other tales, or, Fabulous truths in words of one syllable
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028250/00001

Reynard the Fox, the crafty courtier by Samuel Phillips Day
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00055048/00001

Short stories in words of one and two syllables
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00056260/00001

Life of Christ by Jean S. Remy
https://archive.org/details/lifeofchristreto00rmyj

I haven't found these ones yet:

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Harriet T. Comstock
Bible Heroes by Harriet T. Comstock
Black Beauty by Mrs. J. C. Gorham

There are actually loads more on Hathi Trust here.

Ruth

Post by **philchenevert** » September 13th, 2015, 8:08 am

Cool Ruth

Verrrrrry interesting.
Edit: you know I have a weakness for these. Must be my simple mind.

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » September 13th, 2015, 8:45 am

Nothing wrong with that! I thought they might be good for children to record. I found a few more and have edited my post.

There is also The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch. Lord knows how anyone managed to retell THAT in words of one syllable.

Ruth

Post by **annise** » September 13th, 2015, 9:06 am

They would be good for children to read - and we have a number of 10 and under ones joining.
If however we are promoting them to non English speakers to be able to follow they need to be clearly read and not too fast I think

Anne

Post by **philchenevert** » September 13th, 2015, 10:30 am

RuthieG wrote:Nothing wrong with that! I thought they might be good for children to record. I found a few more and have edited my post.

There is also The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch. Lord knows how anyone managed to retell THAT in words of one syllable.

Ruth

Bulfinch?! I am properly astounded if they managed a creditable job with that guy. wow. Now to pick one ...... hemmmmmm.

EDIT: I wil try Grimms Fairy Tales, in case anyone else is interested in these.

KlausBeu · Post by **KlausBeu** » September 20th, 2018, 7:17 am

Hi there,

I'm relatively new to librivox and I'm really interested in this thread, i.e. "...words of one syllable" style books.

Is it still alive?

Klaus

Post by **annise** » September 20th, 2018, 3:34 pm

Book suggestions aren't working threads - they may be more available and some may have been read for us since the early posts but if you are interested they are available

Anne

KlausBeu · Post by **KlausBeu** » September 21st, 2018, 6:26 am

I looked into it. Most of those have been read, and I'd indeed be interested in "Gulliver" - even though I really need some more time to consider. This on-syllable-thing leads to a somewhat peculiar style, like saying "four and ten" for fourteen and using a whole sub-clause to avoid the word "doctor".

I'm generally interested in easy language, not so much for children, but for language learners. That's a huge target group with very limited access to authentic spoken language. Unfortunately, all those wonderful graded readers out there are not in the public domain

Cheers, Klaus

Post by **annise** » September 21st, 2018, 8:13 am

Many people do read the text while listening but some reading styles work better with this than others I know.

Anne