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Sir Hugh takes his secret to the grave with a vicious grin on his lips \\u2013 a devious grin that is contagious. F. Marion Crawford, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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I heard something that didn\\u2019t sit right with me last week. There was a book club in my neighborhood that wanted to discuss The Scarlet Letter, and a couple of the people in the group were excited, but waiting for the audiobook to be available at the local library. Well, we\\u2019re not doing that! My friend Rachel came up with this idea, and I\\u2019ve embellished it. Here it is:

If you\\u2019re doing a classic title for your book club, you can buy ONE copy of the audiobook, and share the download link with the people in your book club. Just send me an email, and let me know the plan. Furthermore, if you want, we can set up a zoom call, and I can talk to your book club about the creation of the audiobook you all are discussing. Again, just send me an email, and we can set it up. I\\u2019m happy to do it.

And finally, one more thing. I discovered that Audiobookmarks\\u2122, the bookmark with QR codes to stream an audiobook, can be read by Chromebooks. So kids who are reading Huckleberry Finn, Great Expectations, etc. in many public schools, can listen to my narration and follow along even if they don\\u2019t have a smart phone.

It struck me that the Audiobookmarks\\u2122 can be a dynamic way to help kids learn to read, and it can help adults learn to read better. I\\u2019m starting a venture to get all of the most commonly studied titles into this format, and get them into the hands of students everywhere.

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Okay. Now, for a nice, scary story. Happy Halloween, everyone!

And now, The Dead Smile, by F. Marion Crawford.

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