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"True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is...

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 ncludes a two-hour DVD that presents right-and left-handed signers demonstrating every phrase in the book from chapter...

Abridged edition of American Sign Language. 3300 signs, more than 4000 illustrations, and the American Manual Alphabet.

"The unique feature of this dictionary is that it is organized by handshape rather than by alphabetical order. An American Sign Language learner can look up an unfamiliar sign by looking for the handshape rather than by looking up the word in an alphabetical English glossary. At the same time, an English speaker can look up a sign for a specific word by looking at the Index of English Glossaries located at the end of the dictionary. The introduction...

From their magical animated treehouse, Alex and Leah invite infants and children to come sign with us! Watch and enjoy as Alex, Leah and all their friends share 18 ASL signs with your child in a fun and playful way.

Max takes a class in sign language so that he can talk with his friend, Susan, who cannot hear.

Teaches 30 American Sign Language signs. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Teaches babies to sign before they can speak. Includes sign concepts like friend, play, please, thank you, etc.

Based on the concept that small children can learn to communicate using sign language before they can speak, this program introduces small children to sign language using simple words and concepts. Teaches children 18 signs, such as signs for water, bird, milk, sleep, and eat.

Introduces us to Koko the gorilla at age three, recently brought from the San Francisco Zoo to Stanford University by Dr. Penny Patterson for a controversial experiment. Koko is taught the basics of human communication through sign language.

Presents a fictionalized account of the life and challenges of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf and blind woman to learn language, and those who helped her, including the founder of the Perkins Institute, with whom she was in love, and her beloved teacher.