My First Book of Sign (Awareness & Caring - Sign Language Series) - Hardcover

Baker, Pamela J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1878363921 ISBN 13: 9781878363923

Publisher: Forest House Pub Co, 1992

Synopsis

Pictures of children demonstrate the forming in sign language of 150 basic alphabetically arranged words, accompanied by illustrations of the words themselves. Includes a discussion of fingerspelling and general rules for signing.

About this title

About the Author

Pamela J. Baker is Assistant Professor of Biology at Bates College, Lewiston, ME, and the mother of a deaf child.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3 Arranged alphabetically and looking like an ABC book, this is both appealing and useful. Baker presents 150 nouns and verbs common to young children by showing the written word, a picture of the object it represents, and a child signing the word. An index and an alphabetical list of explanations of the way to form the sign are also included. The letter to parents, explaining the purpose and use of the book, loses some of its impact by being at the end instead of at the beginning of the book. Illustrations are brightly colored and have an even mixture of boys and girls of various racial backgrounds, some with hearing aids, some without. Some are a bit confusing because the chubby fingers are not always clearly distinguished from the thumb, but the descriptions in back help with clarification. Printed on glossy paper in a large format, this book is a good addition to sign language collections for children. Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, N.Y.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Forest House Pub Co
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1878363921
• ISBN 13: 9781878363923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 76