Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39662A delightful children’s story about Leonore, a little English girl, taken by her governess to Fraulein Elsa’s home town in an (unnamed) country where she meets Hildegarde, a little girl of her own age, who lives in a castle there. The girls each come into possession of three magic nuts, which open the doors to three enchanted adventures involving gnomes, air-fairies, and mermaids. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)
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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: children, magic, fairies, mermaids, Gnomes, castles
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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.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, use the shortened intro:"Chapter # of The Magic Nuts. 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."] "The Magic Nuts, by Mary Louisa Molesworth. Chapter Title."
End of recording:Chapter # of The Magic Nuts. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of chapter #." [Optional, and only if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Magic Nuts, by Mary Louisa Molesworth."
Filename: magicnuts_##_molesworth_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. magicnuts_01_molesworth_128kb.mp3) Or copy and paste the exact filename for your section from the Magic Window above.
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MC to select: KiltedDragon
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cheers, Anne