The lotus seed / produced by Lancit Media Productions, a production of WNED-TV & GPN ; produced by Jill Gluckson ; written by Susan Kim ; directed by Mark Mannucci.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | Lincoln, NE : Distributed by GPN, 2004. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mannucci, Mark. |
| Other author/creator | Burton, LeVar. |
| Other author/creator | Garland, Sherry. Lotus seed. |
| Other author/creator | Lancit Media Productions. |
| Other author/creator | Great Plains National Instructional Television Library. |
| Other author/creator | WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.) |
| Series | Reading rainbow ; 106 Reading rainbow ; 106. ^A686094 |
| Abstract | Host LeVar Burton introduces the book The lotus seed by Sherry Garland about a young Vietnamese woman who, when forced to flee her country, takes a lotus seed with her as a warm reminder of her past. Also, a Vietnamese girl, a Muslim boy from Yemen, a girl from South Africa, and other immigrants talk about their lives in the United States. Other books mentioned are I'm new here by Bud Howlett, Halmoni and the picnic by Sook Nyul Choi, and Grandfather's journey by Allen Say. |
| General note | Based on the book of the same title. |
| General note | "Product no. 126.106D"--Disc surface. |
| General note | Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Credits | Director of photography, Kevin Lombard ; editors, Michael Chomet, Gary Jevitt ; narrator, Rona Figueroa ; music, Steve Horelick, Oasis Music Inc. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Other title | Reading rainbow (Television program) |