"This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. The American Sign Language handshape dictionary organizes more than 1900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions on how to form these signs to represent the different English words that they might mean. Users can begin to track down a sign by determining...

This text methodically takes readers through the essentials of ASL grammar to prepare them to truly and effectively communicate in and understand ASL.

"Illustrations of American Sign Language, along with labeled photos, introduce children to words and phrases useful for signing around town"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a fictionalized account of the life and challenges of Laura Bridgman, a deaf and blind woman who learned language 50 years before Helen Keller, and those who helped her including the founder of the Perkins Institute, with whom she was in love, and her beloved teacher.

"You probably know that an egg is white and in the shape of an oval, but do you know the sign for it? Learn the signs for five shapes and eight colors, as well as for a creative selection of everyday objects that embody these characteristics." --

"Features more than 1,000 ASL sign drawings; all signs paired with ... color illustrations; introduction [explains] how to sign ASL and fingerspell; complete index of English terms for each sign, including synonyms; sample sentences using specific words to match every sign's meaning"--Page 4 of cover.

"Winter is the perfect time for ice skating, and what would summer be like without baseball? Learn the signs for the four seasons, as well as for the weather and activities that traditionally go along with each." --

Follows the everyday lives of several deaf school children, describing what they do in school, how they communicate with both hearing and deaf relatives and friends, what they do for fun and what being part of the deaf community means to them.

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, is used to being left out of conversations because her mother never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari, but as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, the everything changes again.