This is the story of Peg Leg Joe, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and the brave runaway slaves who follow the big dipper to freedom. Follow The Drinking Gourd celebrates the road to freedom, and teaches about the history, heroes, stories and music of African-Americans.
What's included:
DVD is part of the Reading Rainbow Emmy Award-winning series, which inspires a love of reading in PreK-3, and offers an excellent introduction to many varieties of music through the medium of the best children's literature.
In a fast-paced live video magazine format, viewers travel with host LeVar Burton to meet interesting people in exciting places. Celebrities narrate many of the stories, read and shown in their entirety, and children give mini-reviews of related books.
