Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book, by David Cory (1872 - 1966)
Volunteers outside the USA: David Cory died in 1966. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 70 years for authors who died after 1971; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70574Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Puss in Boots, Jr., Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happy Land, and the Little Indian stories, brings us a big book of “Bunny Stories” featuring Little Jack Rabbit. These adventures will take you to the circus, the Everybody Inn, and the Lollypop Tree. Meet new friends and old -- Timmie Meadowmouse, Danny Fox, Old Hooty Tooty Owl, and Granddaddy Bullfrog, and so many more. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Animals & Nature
Keywords that describe the book: bunny, juvenile fiction, bedtime stories, animal stories, children stories, timmie meadowmouse, danny fox, hooty tooty owl, granddaddy bullfrog, circus elephant
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
NOTE: Most of the illustrations don't have captions, but a few do. If something does not seem to fit in the flow of the narrative, it is probably a caption and should NOT be read. If in doubt, please ask.
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
End of recording:"BUNNY TALE # of Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book. 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."] "Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book, by David Cory. Chapter Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of BUNNY TALE # " [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book, by David Cory."
Filename: bigbluebook_##_cory_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. bigbluebook_01_cory_128kb.mp3)
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