Children's Books Author Pronunciation Guide

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Tuly
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Children's Books Author Pronunciation Guide

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Now we can all pronounce their names correctly.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi
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Now if only they had something like this for classical composers and/or titles...
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BATCH
BEE-thuh-vun
BURN-steen
saint-SANES
MOZE-art
BURR-lee-ahz
CHOP-in'
PUCK-a-nee
VUR-dee
EL-jar
chy-COW-skee

PROCK-uh-veev
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See? I'd always thought it was cho-PIN'. Oh thank you, thank you!
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My favorite was the time when a kid on a scout camp-out asked me if I liked "Beet Oven" since I was such a fan of classical music. Needless to say I took a long time answering.

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