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Title: Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter ISBN: 0-679-81997-5 Publisher: Dragonfly Pub. Date: 15 January, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Song of freedom
Comment: This fine story teaches even the smallest of children about the evil of slavery in pre-Civil War America. It shows a desire for freedom so strong that men, women and children risked their lives to escape on the Underground Railroad, following the largest star in the Drinking Gourd of the title (The Big Dipper).
The book introduces the idea of slavery, the separation of families, the sale of human beings at auctions, and the difficulties that people endured to escape--hiding in trees to avoid hounds, sleeping by day, sometimes on empty stomachs, and walking at night, sometimes without stars to guide them. Sometimes people along the way were kind, providing bacon and corn bread to share, helping them across the Ohio River, and hiding them in the attics and barns of safe houses.
The story's dramatic simplicity grasps and holds children. They fasten to it, eager to learn about the bonds that once tied African-Americans and the freedom for which they naturally yearned.
The book is a song of freedom. Alyssa A. Lappen
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Story for All ages !
Comment: My husband encourages us to add this book to our collections. Our 3 year old loves this book every night before bed. He loves the music ( dad's singing) and learns a wonderful lesson. He looks at the night sky with a whole new view now !
Rating: 5
Summary: Follow the Drinking Gourd Is a Hit With 2nd Graders!
Comment: I used this book to help fulfill a story project requirement for my Children's Literature class at Kent State University. A partner and I read this book to two second-grade classes, who listened attentively. This version of the story has less text than Bernardine Connelly's version (same title), which made it appropriate for reading aloud within a limited time. The students seemed to enjoy the repetition of the song lyrics throughout. The illustrations are striking, with interesting and unusual color choices. The skin tones of the African-American characters are quite lovely, ranging from mahogany to very dark brown. Bright purples and oranges in the illustrations also stand out. The characters are depicted in a wide range of ages, from "Old Hattie" to "Little Isaiah." We used this book in conjunction with explanations of the Underground Railroad and another book, Barefoot by Pamela Duncan Edwards, as well as poems by African-American poet Langston Hughes. The difficult topics of selling slaves at auction, running away, and the fears the runaways had are sensitively treated. At the end of the book, when freedom is reached and Old Hattie exclaims, "'Five more souls are safe!'" I heard a collective gasp of emotion from the children. These students really seemed to enjoy learning about the Underground Railroad and how slaves escaped their bondage. The fact that we usually call the Drinking Gourd constellation the Big Dipper did take some repeated explanation on the part of the storytellers.
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Title: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson ISBN: 0679874720 Publisher: Dragonfly Pub. Date: 10 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold ISBN: 0517885433 Publisher: Dragonfly Pub. Date: 12 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, Larry Johnson ISBN: 0590451561 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson, James E. Ransome ISBN: 0689822278 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Secret to Freedom by Marcia K. Vaughan, Larry Johnson ISBN: 1584300213 Publisher: Lee & Low Books Pub. Date: 30 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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