COMPLETE: Billy Whiskers' Travels, by Frances Trego Montgomery -jo

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silverquill
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Billy Whiskers' Travels, by Frances Trego Montgomery (1858 - 1925)

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on the catalog page here :

https://librivox.org/billy-whiskers-travels-by-frances-trego-montgomery/
Running away from home is always bound to lead to adventures, some surprising and good and some not so pleasant. Follow Billy Whiskers when he encounters fireworks, tigers and dragons! Will this little goat ever get home again? (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43872

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Claiming sections: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available sections. Post a reply in this thread asking for the section you would like to record.

New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. When you post your file, please tell the BC what name you would like to use in our catalog.

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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Animals & Nature; Children's Fiction/Action & Adventure

Keywords that describe the book: adventure, juvenile fiction, tiger, dragon, goat, fireworks, childrens lliterature

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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:
"Chapter # of Billy Whiskers' Travels. 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."] "Billy Whiskers' Travels, by Frances Trego Montgomery. Chapter Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of chapter #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Billy Whiskers' Travels, by Frances Trego Montgomery."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: billywhiskerstravels_##_montgomery_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. billywhiskerstravels_01_montgomery_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
~ Larry
silverquill
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Post by silverquill »

Time for another book in this series :)
~ Larry
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Post by mleigh »

Can I have chapters

1 Billy Runs Away from Home

4 The Burgomaster is Bumped''

Thanks,

M
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Post by mleigh »

mleigh wrote: August 26th, 2021, 11:17 am Can I have chapters

1 Billy Runs Away from Home

4 The Burgomaster is Bumped''

Thanks,

M
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Hi Larry. I'll MC for you. MW coming up...
Jo
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Post by silverquill »

Thanks so much, Jo!

MW is filled out, and first assignments made! Thank you mleigh.

We are ready for readers, and

A DPL WOULD BE MOST WELCOME!
~ Larry
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Post by tellier84 »

Hello I’m excited for the next book! Can I get chapter 6 please, a celebration with fireworks?
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Post by silverquill »

tellier84 wrote: August 26th, 2021, 9:41 pm Hello I’m excited for the next book! Can I get chapter 6 please, a celebration with fireworks?
You've got the fireworks!
Thank you.
~ Larry
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Post by loon »

Larry, I’d be happy to DPL.
Rich Brown - Minneapolis, MN
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Post by silverquill »

loon wrote: August 27th, 2021, 12:34 am Larry, I’d be happy to DPL.
Oh, wonderful. Thank you so much!
I really appreciate it.
Jo will put you in.
~ Larry
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Post by Nedge »

May I have Chapter 10, please?
"Ready, willing, and vaguely competent." -- Sandra Boynton, 2021
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Post by silverquill »

Nedge wrote: August 28th, 2021, 11:28 am May I have Chapter 10, please?
Thank you!
This is assigned for you to read.
~ Larry
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Post by nataliah »

Can I claim Section 7 please?

Natalia
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Post by Nedge »

"Ready, willing, and vaguely competent." -- Sandra Boynton, 2021
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Post by loon »

Well - this is certainly a traumatic chapter to get started on! Billy Whiskers, alone and injured - oh my.
Chapter 10 - The Goats Become a Fiery Dragon - PL OK. Thank you Nan.
Rich Brown - Minneapolis, MN
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