This project is now in our catalog at https://librivox.org/household-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/
Do you like fairy tales and stories about all sorts of animals and people? Of course you do, everyone loves them. Well, here are a wide variety of stories that go from warm and fuzzy to wild and scary to suit any mood. Many of these are familiar to us and we look forward to hear them again, but many are also unfamiliar tales that will treat your ears and brain to something new but equally wonderful All collected by the famous brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. - Summary by philchenevert
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5314
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Magic Window:
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Keywords that describe the book:
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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.
Say:End of recording:"Story # of Household Tales by Brothers Grimm. 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."] "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm, Story Title."
Say:If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of story #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Household Tales by Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt."
NOTE; FILE NUMBER SHOULD HAVE 3 DIGITS;
Filename: householdtalesbybrothersgrimm_###_grimm_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. householdtalesbybrothersgrimm_001_grimm_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: philchenevert
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They are short, as you said, which will be a nice break from my current PL load (45-50minute sections).