Comments on: English History, Dickens-style http://piratelibrary.com/archives/37 Text and audio from the public domain Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Cori http://piratelibrary.com/archives/37#comment-20583 Cori Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:45:59 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/archives/37#comment-20583 It IS a fun book, Todd, I enjoyed contributing to the free audio version linked in my original post. It's good for people to have alternatives to LibriVox recordings; although Renee's version costs $45 and I can't find a way to hear her voice before buying, I know not everyone likes the narrator-changes for different chapters in the our version. Sounds like Renee had a hard time finding a copy ... if people don't mind using an online source, I'd recommend the full (free) text at: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/699 Our audio version is free as well ... it would be an amazing homeschool project for kids to record their own reading of the chapter of their favourite monarch -- and if their parents were willing, they could submit it and start a new version at LibriVox, too. Or mebbe it could be the base for a remix project, perhaps adding pictures and video to make a neat presentation! The imagination's the limit when it comes to using our recordings ... It IS a fun book, Todd, I enjoyed contributing to the free audio version linked in my original post. It’s good for people to have alternatives to LibriVox recordings; although Renee’s version costs $45 and I can’t find a way to hear her voice before buying, I know not everyone likes the narrator-changes for different chapters in the our version.

Sounds like Renee had a hard time finding a copy … if people don’t mind using an online source, I’d recommend the full (free) text at: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/699

Our audio version is free as well … it would be an amazing homeschool project for kids to record their own reading of the chapter of their favourite monarch — and if their parents were willing, they could submit it and start a new version at LibriVox, too. Or mebbe it could be the base for a remix project, perhaps adding pictures and video to make a neat presentation! The imagination’s the limit when it comes to using our recordings …

]]> By: Todd http://piratelibrary.com/archives/37#comment-20557 Todd Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:00:50 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/archives/37#comment-20557 Dicken's Child’s History of England is lively writing indeed! It's as much geared toward adults as children -- maybe more so! Renee Ellison has read it aloud, so you can listen to it on a long trip. For info see <a href="http://www.homeschoolhowtos.com/store/detail/charles_dickens_a_childs_history_of_england_read_by_renee_audio_cds/" rel="nofollow">homeschoolhowtos.com - online store</a> (12 audio CDs: nearly 14 listening hours). Dicken’s Child’s History of England is lively writing indeed! It’s as much geared toward adults as children — maybe more so! Renee Ellison has read it aloud, so you can listen to it on a long trip. For info see homeschoolhowtos.com - online store (12 audio CDs: nearly 14 listening hours).

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