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Follow the drinking gourd [dvd videorecording]
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.
Added Uniform Title:
Reading rainbow (Television program)
Added Title:
Follow the drinking gourd DVD.