Let's Sign: Every Baby's Guide to Communicating with Grownups - Hardcover

Ault, Kelly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618507744 ISBN 13: 9780618507740

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

Synopsis

Adorable illustrations, simple text, short stories, and simple instructions are presented in this colorful picture book designed to introduce simple sign language to babies and toddlers in order to promote early communication between parent and child.

About this title

About the Authors

Kelly Ault is a designer and former managing editor of the Horn Book Guide, a children's book review journal. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their son.

 Leo Landry is the author and illustrator of Grin and Bear It, Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise, and Space Boy. He lives with his wife and daughter in Easton, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.leolandry.com/.

Reviews

PreS–This sturdy picture book deserves a place in every library serving preschoolers. After a brief and informative introduction that details the benefits of using sign language with babies, Ault presents three simple stories: Mealtime, Playtime, and Bedtime. Each one follows a child through a daily activity, with the details of the story appearing on the verso of each spread. For example, Diego's grandma brushes his teeth faces a description of one or two associated signs on the right–grandma, brush teeth. Landry's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are child-friendly, and his depictions of the signs are both appealing and informative–a rare feat. The signs are well chosen to reflect a child's world, and, unlike the many so-so baby sign books on the market, this one actually depicts American Sign Language. A handy index of signs makes this a great reference as well. A winner all around.–Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618507744
• ISBN 13: 9780618507740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Landry Leo
• Number of pages: 77