AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL)
BOOKS & VIDEOS
at Solvay Public Library
You can order these and other items online at www.onlib.org.
Children’s Books
Talking Hands Set (2005, 2006). J419.7 PET
English/Spanish language books with ASL vocabulary for following themes:
· At school
· At work
· Family and Friends
· Holidays and celebrations
· Questions and answers
· Animals
· Colors and shapes
· Feelings and emotions
· Food
· Home
· Seasons
Fain, Kathleen. Handsigns : a sign language alphabet. (1993) J417 FAI
Heller, Lora. Sign language for kids. (2004) J419.7 HEL
Kent, Deborah. American Sign Language. (2003). J419 KEN
SUMMARY: Explores the history of American Sign Language and deaf culture, including ongoing controversies within the deaf community today.
Kramer, Jackie. You can learn sign language! : more than 300 words in pictures. (1999) J419 KRA
Rankin, Laura. The handmade alphabet (1991). J419 RAN
Baby Signing
Fixell, Andrea. Baby signing: how to talk with your baby in American sign
language (2006). 419 FIX
Ault, Kelly. Let's sign! : every baby's guide to communicating with grownups. (2005) J419.7 AUL
Books for Teens and Adults
Butterworth, Rod R. The Perigee visual dictionary of signing : an A-to-Z guide to
over 1,250 signs of American Sign Language. (1995) 419.22 PER
Cokely, Dennis. American sign language : a student text. (1980) 419 COK
Flodin, Mickey. Signing illustrated. (2004) 419.7
Grayson, Gabriel. Talking with your hands, listening with your eyes : a complete
photographic guide to American Sign Language. (2003) 419 GRA
Lazorisak, Carole. The complete idiot's guide to conversational sign language. (2004)
Sternberg, Martin L. A. American Sign Language (1998) 419 STE
Wheeler, Cindy. More simple signs. (1998) J419 WHE
Videocassettes and DVD’s
We Sign VideoCassette Set (2001, 2002)
· Babies & toddlers
· Animals
· Colors
· Numbers
· Play Time
· Rhymes
· Patriotic songs
Say it by signing. [DVD] 2003 DVD 419
Blue's clues. All kinds of signs [videocassette] (2001) VC J BLU
I want to learn sign language. Volumes 1 & 2 [videocassette] (2001) VC J IWA
Getting started in signing [videocassette] (2000) DVD 419 GET
Signing made easy: how to talk to a person who can't hear [DVD] (1998) DVD 419HOW
Other deaf subject related books of interest:
Haughton, Emma. Living with deafness. (2000) J 617.8 HAU
SUMMARY: Explains the condition of deafness, its possible causes, and how it affects the everyday lives of those who are dealing with it.
Miller, R. H. (Robert Henry), Deaf hearing boy : a memoir (2004). BIO Miller
SUMMARY: A biography about a child of deaf parents.
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