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Follow the Drinking Gourd: Come Along the Underground Railroad
40 pp.
| Red Chair |
September, 2014 |
LibraryISBN 978-1-939656-11-7$27.93
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PaperISBN 978-1-939656-10-0$8.95
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EbookISBN 978-1-939656-12-4
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4-6Setting the Stage for Fluency series.
Illustrated by
Courtney A. Martin.
These plays could be done as readers' theater or staged as a full dramas, although the dialogue is stilted in both. In Gourd, two fugitive slaves learn about the Underground Railroad. Sequoyah makes clear the historical significance of a syllabary for the Cherokee language. The prosaic illustrations may offer costume and setting ideas. Reading list, websites. Glos. Review covers these Setting the Stage for Fluency titles: Follow the Drinking Gourd and Sequoyah and His Talking Leaves.