Crowley County Combined Library

Color photos illustrate sign language for numbers, letters, colors, feelings, animals, and clothes.

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis has been deaf since age six, but her mother has refused to let her learn sign language, leaving Joey struggling to connect with those around her until she meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, who secretly teach Joey how to sign.

Demonstrates sign language phrases for various topics, including health, family, school, sports, travel, religion, time, money, and food. "Clearly illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, this book focuses on areas such as health, family, school, sports, travel, religion, time, money, food and drink, and small talk. This edition includes a two-hour DVD that presents right-and left-handed signers demonstrating every phrase in the book from chapter...

When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.

Suspicious of sixteen-year-old Marnie, a newcomer to their village, the residents accuse her of witchcraft when she discovers that the village madman is not crazy but deaf and she begins to communicate with him through hand gestures.

"Illustrations of American Sign Language, along with labeled photos, introduce children to words and phrases for feelings, holidays, manners, body parts, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Demonstrates through illustrations and brief text twenty-eight American Sign Language signs for words such as hello, cry, dog, and love.