Title Giving thanks : a Native American good morning message / produced by Lancit Media Productions, Ltd., a production of GPN/Nebraska ETV Network and WNED-TV Buffalo ; produced by Kathy Kinsner ; written by Ronnie Krauss and Ellen Doherty ; executive producers, Twila C. Liggett, Tony Buttino, LeVar Burton ; directed by Kevin Lombard, Mark Mannucci and Larry Lancit.

Publication Info.	Lincoln, NE : Distributed by GPN Educational Media, [1996]
	©2003

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South Windsor Public Library - Children's Audio-Visual Materials	JDVD GIVING THANKS	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series	Reading rainbow ; 129
	Reading rainbow ; 129.
Note	Based on the book: Giving thanks: a Native American good morning message / by Chief Jake Swamp ; illustrated by Erwin Printup Jr. : Lee & Low Books, c1995.
	DVD release of the 1996 production.
	Includes short reviews by children of the following books: The tremendous tree book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick ; My first green book: a life-size guide to caring for our environment by Angela K. Wilkes ; A river ran wild by Lynne Cherry.
Contents	Giving thanks -- Visit a cranberry farm -- Clay from the earth -- Planting a tree -- Review books.
Credits	Associate producer: Marc Perry ; book art adapted & filmed by Take Ten, Inc., Dolezal Animation ; opening animation by Ovation Films, Inc.
Performer	Hosted by LeVar Burton.
Summary	This prayer of the Iroquois Indians celebrates the precious and rare gift of the natural world and the resources of the Earth. Other segments include: Visit a cranberry farm: LeVar visits a Maine cranberry farm and shows how cranberries are grown, and harvested ; Clay from the earth: a visit to Pueblo, AZ provides an introduction to the process and traditions of creating beautiful Pueblo pottery ; Planting a tree: kids in New York City tell about why they are planting a tree in their neighborhood.
System Details	DVD.
Terms Of Use	Public Performance Video
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Mohawk Indians -- Juvenile films.
	Iroquois Indians -- Juvenile films.
	Speeches, addresses, etc., Mohawk -- Juvenile films.
	Speeches, addresses, etc., Iroquois -- Juvenile films.
	Human ecology -- Juvenile films.
	Nature -- Religious aspects -- Juvenile films.
	Cranberries -- Juvenile films.
	Pueblo potters -- Juvenile films.
	Pueblo pottery -- Juvenile films.
	Tree planting -- Juvenile films.
	Children -- Books and reading -- Juvenile films.
Genre/Form	Children's videos.
	Animated videos.
	DVD (Digital video discs).
Added Author	Burton, LeVar.
	Lombard, Kevin.
	Mannucci, Mark.
	Lancit, Larry.
	Swamp, Jake, 1941-2010.
	Printup, Erwin, 1956-
	Lancit Media Productions.
	Great Plains National Instructional Television Library.
	WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
	Great Plains National (Firm)
Added Title	Reading rainbow (Television program)
Music No.	126.129D GPN

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