This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:
https://librivox.org/harpers-young-people-vol-01-issue-28-may-11-1880/
Source text (please read only from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28882Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 28th issue of the serial was published on May 11th, 1880. In this issue, General George Washington retires from the military and happily prepares for a life of farming and family at Mount Vernon after years of service to his new country. We also check in on our favorite young sailor as his story continues and we find his ship passing through the Suez Canal and encountering -- and battling -- a waterspout! Highlights of other stories in this issue include: gold rush trickery and riches, a wayward donkey and a disruptive student learn to change their ways, a thrilling boarding school boat race, and the helpful, disgusting habits of marabous and hyenas. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. (Summary by Jill Engle)
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Magic Window:
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction; Children's Non-fiction; Short Stories
Keywords that describe the book: poetry, children, history, sailor, animals, books, australia, short stories, Hunting, Suez, California, magic, runaway, revolution, spiders, music, arctic, paris, bird, teacher, egypt, school, Washington, race, Eskimo, letter, Sinai, Independence, voyage, British, bears, ocean, farewell, puzzle, ice, home, nursery rhyme, boat, gold mine, trickery, versailles, bag, illustrations, post office, mail, advertisements, rabbits, donkey, innuit, mount vernon, miner, seals, esquimau, nutchook, ninoo, skins, retire, spinet, waterspout, stowaways, indian ocean, rush, marabous, hyenas, stork, carrion, chatter, disruption, schoolroom, mullingong, echidna
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Special note: Please ignore illustrations and their captions unless otherwise indicated in the Magic Window.
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
End of recording:"Section # of Harper's Young People, Volume 1, Issue 28, May 11, 1880. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Harper's Young People, Volume 1, Issue 28, May 11, 1880. Section Title. (If the section you're reading contains more than one story, please read the story titles as you read each story.)"
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Harper's Young People, Volume 1, Issue 28, May 11, 1880."
Filename: hyp028_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. hyp028_01_various_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: knotyouraveragejo
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If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
Jill (Forum name: jillebean)
