The Best American Sign Language Books for Kids

Summary: A beginner's guide to American Sign Language. Step-by-step photos teach readers the alphabet and useful everyday words and phrases, so they can greet people, ask questions and hold simple conversations with signs.

Summary: American Sign Language is not simply spoken English in signs; it is its own language with its own grammar and structure. This book traces ASL from older signed languages to its role in educating deaf and hearing children today. Readers meet the people who shaped it and learn about the Deaf community's fight for the right to an education and the right to use ASL at all.

Summary: Jessi, new to Stoneybrook and the Baby-sitters Club, faces a unique challenge: babysitting Matt, who communicates through sign language. As she juggles teaching the neighborhood kids to sign, preparing for a dance performance, and crafting a special surprise for Matt, Jessi wonders if she can keep her secrets and succeed. Will her efforts pay off, or will everything unravel?