Follow the drinking gourd [dvd videorecording]

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Title:

Follow the drinking gourd [dvd videorecording]

Author:

Burton, LeVar.

Publication Information:

Lincoln, NE : Distributed by GPN Educational Media, c2003.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

Reading rainbow ; 96

Series Title:

Reading rainbow ; 96

General Note:

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.

Contents:

Follow the drinking gourd -- LeVar talks about slavery -- Songs about slavery -- Review books.

Abstract:

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.

Subject Term:

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- DVDs.

Slavery -- United States -- DVDs.

Underground railroad -- DVDs.

Slavery -- Songs and music -- DVDs.

Children -- Books and reading -- DVDs.

Added Author:

Burton, LeVar.

Mannucci, Mark.

Winter, Jeanette.

Added Corporate Author:

Lancit Media Productions.