-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Book of Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook (1860 - 1932) .
This is a book of myths told by the Indians of North America to their children. They could be compared to present day Fairy Tales. (Summary by Kenneth Coon)
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Genres for the project:
children, myths-legends, nature, short-stories
Keywords that describe the book:
Indian Stories, Nature Myths, Children,s Stories, Animals, Birds
The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
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"Chapter [number] of The Book of Nature Myths . - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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Say: " The Book of Nature Myths , by Florence Holbrook . [Chapter]"
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"Chapter [number] of The Book of Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook . This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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End of recording
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bookofnaturemyths_##_holbrook.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. bookofnaturemyths_01_holbrook.mp3)
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Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Florence Holbrook
Album: The Book of Nature Myths
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I'll MC this for you.
You should be all set now. I'll keep you on the launch pad for a few days to see if a prooflistener is interested.
Thanks,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
In order to get the complete book in 25 sections I will need to combine 2 or 3 stories into one section. They should each be less than 20 minutes at the most.
I have read the stories in the beginning but have not recorded them. I will begin that today.
Are you usually online in the morning or the evening in Maine? There is about 12 hours time diffeence between us.
Thank you,
Ken
I usually check in here in the morning and at the end of the day, so I am around. I can add more sections, just let me know how many you want.
Thanks,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
The book has 54 stories but most are only a few minutes long. I could do it a story to a section if that is okay. Some of the sections would only be about 4-5 minutes long. That would also give me a chance to enter the titles in the sections.
BTW Where do I find instructions on how to work the magic window?
Ken
Okay. I will give it 54 sections. I will PM you about using the MW.
Thanks,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
I just sent you a message with your MW information.
Good luck,
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
Thanks. I am working on the first story now. So far it is around 10 minutes but there are several section that I must take out where I repeated things. It should be done today. The others are a lot shorter.
I will check the PM.
I am retired so I have lots of time to do this unless someone gets sick and I need to play ambulance driver.
Ken
I hope that you will enjoy recording. And especially I wish you all good health.
Take care!
-Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
I am trying to download Chapter 01 using the uploader.
I have saved the file on my computer as bookofnaturemyths_01_Holbrook.mp3 and it has been sitting on the Uploader for much of an hour now.
I tried to report it to the admin under the bug forum and they said I should post it here. The reason I posted there was because the Uploader said to do that.
I have the file on my computer now and the uploader won't take it.
Ken
I trying the uploader now - Usually if it won't upload it is because it isn't an mp3 file, or it is too big but that shouldn't be a problem with yours.
I uploaded a 6 min file without problems so the uploader is OK. Maybe try again ? There are so many variables with peoples browsers, and ISPs that trying again is probably best.
My Internet seems to have slowed down to almost a stop. I am going to close out everything and then begin all over again.
I started over again from scratch. Even rebooted the computer. It is still going slow. If all else fails, I will try again later tonight. for now I am still trying.
Aren't you supposed to be sleeping now?
