The Aesop for Children by Aesop (620 BCE - 563 BCE) .
A collection of Aesop's fables for children from the classic American book illustrated by Milo Winter. Read along and see the illustrations at: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19994. (Summary by Jill Engle)
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Hi
I'm not a passing MC - but have you really thought how small each section will be ? I had a swift look at the versions already in the catalogue and they have grouped the stories .
It is your decision to make however
annise wrote:Hi
I'm not a passing MC - but have you really thought how small each section will be ? I had a swift look at the versions already in the catalogue and they have grouped the stories .
It is your decision to make however
Anne
Hi Anne.
Thanks for your thoughts and guidance. I have been debating that very matter myself. I looked at a few of the other versions already in the catalog and found some that had pretty short entries (http://librivox.org/aesops-fables-volume-1-fables-1-25/) so that made me feel more comfortable in deciding to do it individually. I could be persuaded otherwise, however, as I have gone back and forth on this. I also did think that if someone was looking to read a specific fable it would be easier to pinpoint what they want if they are done separately and I'm guessing that cataloging would be easier if each fable was distinct. That being said it's hard to know the best route. So, yes, I have given it quite a bunch of thought but will think about it some more before the final decision is made and we start recording. Thanks, again.
146 sections? That's a nightmare for an MC. It's better for the MC if the BC groups them. Either that, or split the project like in that one you linked to - do 25 at a time.
Ok, ok... I don't want to be the cause of any nightmares. I did have an alternate plan for combining them so I will implement that and revise my proposal above. Thanks for the input!
So, if multiple fables are being read in one section, how do you have the reader do the intro at the beginning of the section? Can they just list the title of each fable as they read through each of them or do all the titles need to be stated at in the intro to that section?
The intro at the beginning and end of the section would be the same as normal: "Section [#] of Aesop for children..." and "End of section [#]." The reader would then say the title of the individual fables right before reading the fable itself.
Stay tuned.
That's a nightmare for an MC. It's better for the MC if the BC groups them. Either that, or split the project like in that one you linked to - do 25 at a time.