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From Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky to limericks written by Anonymous, some of the crankiest, most logical and lyrical people turn common sense upside-down. May they inspire the child inside of you to find your way through the most challenging situations with a new set of eyes! Josephine Dodge Daskam, aka Josephine Daskam Bacon, selected these nonsense verses with the permission of their authors Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, W.S. Gilbert, Guy Wetmore Carryl, Charles E. Carryl, Oliver Herford, Gelett Burgess, George du Maurier, and Rudyard Kipling. (Grace Buchanan)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/20353
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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[*] Project Code: 5ba7euDz
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Josephine Dodge Daskam) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Daskam_Bacon
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 21
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1901
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Poetry; Humorous Fiction; Poetry/Anthologies
Keywords that describe the book: literature, collection, verse, classics, poems, nonsense, rhymes, Children's Fiction, Action, Adventure, Animals, Nature, Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, humor, American poetry, English poetry, fantasy, puns, light verse, light poetry, Victorian nonsense
============================================ - 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):- "[Title of Poem], by [Author Name] from The Best Nonsense Verses chosen by Josephine Dodge Daskam. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org. Recording by Grace Buchanan"
- Say:
"[Title of Poem], by [Author Name]."
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "[Title of Poem], by [Author Name] from The Best Nonsense Verses, chosen by Josephine Dodge Daskam. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
END of recording:- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Title of Poem], by [Author Name]"
"Recording by [your name], [web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of The Best Nonsense Verses, chosen by Josephine Dodge Daskam."
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording. - At the end of the section, say:
- Example filename bestnonsenseverses_##_daskam_128kb (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. bestnonsenseverses_01_daskam_128kb.mp3)
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