As the mother to children whose speech is affected by CP, I'm always interested in new books on signing since my children use both sign and verbal utterances to communicate. The book begins with a basic why and how to of ASL and quickly moves into fingerspelling. It explains nicely the use of facial expressions. We then move into the dictionary part, and oh what a treat this is! As I work with my girls it is often a challenge to quickly find the word I want to teach them, and here they are in alphabetical order!
The illustrations of each word is clear, colorful, and eyecatching while the illustration of the sign is done in an almost shadow effect in black and white. I love it!
There are over 350 pages and most common words that *I* was looking for are included. The book's description says there is a DVD that goes along with this book though it wasn't included in my digital version for the book review. I likely will purchase a paper copy of this one to keep in my reference library!
AND... while we are on the subject. An online friend sent me the link to something FABULOUS and FREE! If you are looking for sign language help, many, many words and sentences for common needs are found in this video by an ASL interpreter.
http://newdaycreations.com/foster/signlanguage/index.html
