This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:
https://librivox.org/kari-the-elephant-by-dhan-gopal-mukerji-2/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24460Kari the Elephant is a 1922 work by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. The book is the first among those written in English by an Indian author in the category of children's literature. Kari the Elephant is a bildungsroman narrative that unravels the replationship shared by the protagonist boy and Kari the elephant and the adventures the boy, along with Kari and Kope, the pet monkey go through living by the edge of the forest is quite mesmerizing. Their relationship grows stronger with each adventure and their lives defy the boundaries between human and animal society. Set in a colonial Indian village, the treatment of nature and natural life along with the infiltration of capitalist mindset runs as a background to this narrative that eventually endangers this unique relationship the boy and Kari share.
Target completion date: 2021-12-30
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Animals & Nature; Children's Fiction/Action & Adventure
Keywords that describe the book: boy and the elephant, jungle adventures, India before independence, child's perspective of the forest, nature and man relationship
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of Kari the Elephant. 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."] "Kari the Elephant, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Kari the Elephant, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Kari the Elephant, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji."
Filename: karitheelephant_##_mukerji_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. karitheelephant_01_mukerji_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: knotyouraveragejo
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
