A charming family story told from the viewpoint of a nine-year-old girl. “You don't seem to understand," I whispered. "It's Christmas relationships that are worrying Carol and me so! It worries us dreadfully! Oh, of course we understand all about the Little Baby Christ! And the camels! And the wise men! And the frankincense! That's easy! But who is Santa Claus? Unless—unless—?" It was Carol himself who signaled me to go on. "Unless—he's the Baby Christ's grandfather?" I thought Derry Willard looked a little bit startled. Carol's ears turned bright red. "Oh, of course—we meant on his mother's side!" I hastened to assure him.” ( Quote from the book.)
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction; Classics (Antiquity); Family Life; Humorous Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: family holidays thanksgiving christmas
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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! START of recording (Intro):
"Chapter [number] of Fairy Prince and Other Stories. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "Fairy Prince and Other Stories, by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. [Chapter]"
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"Chapter [number] of Fairy Prince and Other Stories by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
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At the end of the section, say: "End of [Chapter]"
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At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of Fairy Prince and Other Stories, by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename fairyprinceandotherstories_##_hallowellabbott_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. fairyprinceandotherstories_01_hallowellabbott_128kb.mp3)
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edit: Let me know if changes are needed. You might decide to give each story two sections as some are quite long (~1 hour). The length limit is ~70m though some readers prefer sections no longer than 30-45m. It's your decision.
Hi craigdav1, thank you. I would like to split up the chapters, so I need 12 sections. I thought that I could add them myself, but it looks like I can't.
Nan
"Ready, willing, and vaguely competent." -- Sandra Boynton, 2021
Done. You should be able to add (but not delete) sections. The project screen had the book checked as a compilation (i.e. multiple authors). I unchecked the box. I also changed the link to the book to get rid of the "welcoming banner" from Gutenberg. Let me know if I've introduced any mistakes. I'm traveling until the 1st so I might not be online some days.
Thank you. That explains it -- I hit "add sections" and it turned into "add readers." I'll put the chapter headings, etc. in today and get started. (I have to remember that sexism and racism is part of historical accuracy, and that I don't believe in censorship.)
Nan
"Ready, willing, and vaguely competent." -- Sandra Boynton, 2021
