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Follow the Drinking Gourd

DVD - 2003 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Based on the book: Follow the drinking gourd / by Jeanette Winter : Alfred A. Knopf, c1988.
DVD release of the 1993 production.
Includes short reviews by children of the following books: Shake it to the one that you love the best: play songs and lullabies from Black musical traditions, collected and adapted by Cheryl Warren Mattox ; A picture book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler ; Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt by Deborah Hopkinson.
Follow the drinking gourd -- LeVar talks about slavery -- Songs about slavery -- Review books.
Hosted by LeVar Burton ; book read by Keith David.
Runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad by following directions in a song "The drinking gourd". Other segments include: LeVar talks about slavery: LeVar introduces students to the history, heroes, stories, and music of the African American culture which emerged from slavery ; Songs about slavery: the a capella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock, perform and share their historical knowledge of slavery.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.

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Stories, Songs and Slavery submitted by Loryn on August 20, 2014, 11:39pm Love the Reading Rainbow book selections, related education and the kids' book reviews