Authors: Susan Chaplin, Laura McCaul
ISBN-13: 9780930323196, ISBN-10: 093032319X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Date Published: January 1987
Edition: (Non-applicable)
An introduction to the alphabet in sign language with the manual alphabet handshape, a picture, the name, and the sign of object beginning with that letter for each of the ...
Each spread in this full-color book displays a letter of the alphabet and then an object that begins with that letter: ``A'' is for apple, ``S'' is for shoes. But there's a twist. The illustrations show the handshapes for both letter and object in American Sign Language; readers can go through two alphabets at once. It's a direct approach to teaching a subject about which children are often fascinatedthe language of most of the hearing-impaired population. The pictures are cartoony but practical; it's easy to understand what fingers and motions are involved in the sign. (3-6)