This project is now in our catalog at https://librivox.org/shen-of-the-sea-a-book-for-children-by-arthur-bowie-chrisman/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/65206This book was awarded the John Newbery Medal by the Children’s Librarians’ Section of the American Library Association, for the most distinguished contribution to American Children’s literature during the year 1925. it is a collection of stories for children from China. (Summary by phil chenevert)
Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.
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NOTE: If you are not sure how to pronounce the Chinese names in these stories, just do a search online and the pronunciation should be easy. Most are simple and you can make your best guess. If still not sure, just post a request for help in this forum.
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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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 less than 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
End of recording:"Section # of Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children. 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."] "Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman. 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 Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman."
Filename: shenofthesea_##_chrisman_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. shenofthesea_01_chrisman_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: philchenevert
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.