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The Drinking Gourd Audiobook Summary

The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller’s house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party — or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

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The Drinking Gourd Audiobook Narrator

Rick Adamson is the narrator of The Drinking Gourd audiobook that was written by F. N. Monjo

The late F. N. Monjo, author of The Drinking Gourd, wrote two other popular I Can Read Books: Indian Summer, illustrated by Anita Lobel, and The One Bad Thing About Father, illustrated by Rocco Negri.

About the Author(s) of The Drinking Gourd

F. N. Monjo is the author of The Drinking Gourd

Subjects

The publisher of the The Drinking Gourd is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is 19th Century, Historical, Juvenile Fiction, United States

Additional info

The publisher of the The Drinking Gourd is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780061669224.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Mr. Cody

January 18, 2020

An excellent teaching tool. 1st-3rd grade.

Joshua

March 30, 2016

Great story to help teach kids about the evil of slavery and the moral courage of the men and women who opposed it. I read it to my children, ages 5-8, and they were genuinely engaged by it.

Prabhat

April 15, 2022

The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Rail Road (I can read Level#3) by F.N. Monjo, Illustrator Fred Brenner- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of an Afro-American who has run away from Carolina and plans to reach Canada following Stars of the Big Dipper or called the Drinking Gourd. The period of the story is the year 1851. Jeff and his family have arrived at residence cum farm of Decon Fuller. Mr. Fuller has been with his family at the Church. His son Tommy Fuller disturbed the congregation and was scolded and asked to go back home. Tommy reaches home and plans to sleep in the horse cabin. He jumps at the dry grass stable. He finds that Jeff and his family of three persons are hiding there for escape to Canada. In the night, his family returns back home. Tommy informs his father about Jeff. His father informs him that as such there no Underground Rail to Canada but this term is used for a group of white Americans who believe that Slavery is incorrect. They help the runaways from station to the other. They are called the Conductors of the Underground Railroad. It is the duty of Fuller family to leave the Jeff family by horse carriage to river bank where a boat is waiting for them to take them to the next station. Tommy and his father load up Jeff and his family in their hay wagon and hide them to get to their next stop. Further they will follow the Stars of Big Dipper also called the Big Gourd. While Tommy drives the Jeff family, the 4- American Marshals on horseback stop him. They enquire about the Jeff family. Tommy informs them that his father has scolded him at the Church and will beat him if he returns home. So he is running away from his house. The Marshals are aware of the story. Let Tommy go. Tommy drops them at the bank of the river and shows the boat ready for them It is sad for Tommy to see Little Jeff go off down the river, but knows he is helping his new friend. Coloured pictures help the reader to relate to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.

Paxton

March 31, 2020

This is a wonderful historical piece for children. Writing about themes of slavery is difficult especially in a children's book. F.N. Minjo does an incredible job bringing slavery and the Underground Railroad to life. This book is about Tommy Fuller growing up where his parents are a stop of the Und

Jordan

April 26, 2018

This book has won no awardsAppropriate grade level(s) are 3rd-4thThis books tells a story about the underground railroad. The story is told by a 10 year old boy fighting for freedom and equality. The boy helps escaped slaves on the underground railroad make their way to freedom.I thought this book was pretty good. I am not a huge fan of historical fiction, but I have always loved stories like the drinking gourd. This is one of the stories I remember reading in elementary school and that really stuck with me. It's not my favorite, but it's definitely worth the read.I would use this book for a lesson during black history month. I would read it to all the students in my class then have them each do a group project about the underground railroad. They could make a diorama or poster, really anything they wanted to use to share what they learned.

Kaila

April 19, 2020

This book I believe is essential to have in my classroom, because it educates students about an extremely impactful event that happened in America's history. They can learn about this event from this book and apply it to how the life and culture has changed for African Americans from that time. I also think it is a very emotional book, so I feel like it would help students create an emotional connection to this event in history.

Maureen

August 04, 2022

I thought this story was a good high-level introduction to the Underground Railroad for beginning readers. The main character, Tommy, is a mischievous boy who is generally relatable for kids. Students from non-Christian backgrounds may need additional explanation about the church service setting, and readers may require previous instruction on the meaning of slavery, but this would be a good addition to a leveled text set about the Underground Railroad and antebellum South.

Carrie

October 14, 2018

The Big Dipper constellation led slaves North, where they hoped to escape into Canada. When a family of slaves arrives at Deacon Fuller's house (which is a stop on the Underground Railroad) can young Tommy Fuller hide the family from people looking to capture them and take them back? Or will the family's journey to freedom stop short? Read this book for the answers to these and other questions!

Simone

March 21, 2019

I read this book with my class in the newspaper and it was a very good book! I always love books about the Underground Railroad but this one was definitely near the top of my list. The characters and their back stories were very interesting.

Tahni

November 07, 2017

I read this book with my second graders. It was a wonderful way to introduce my students to this part of American history and I'm using it to open an on-going reading section on African American history. Really wonderful teaching tool.

Etta

May 21, 2018

This nicely illustrative and well-written book for Grades 2 to 4 should help the younger child realize the importance of the Underground Railroad and how individuals took risks to help the slaves escape to Canada.

Andy

January 04, 2019

Wonderful short story about assisting runaway slaves.The injustice of slavery and therefore all forms of inequality should be a narrative we continue to remind ourselves about.

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