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Handtalk Birthday
Words and sign language depict friends helping a deaf woman celebrate her birthday.
- GenresPicture Books
46 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1987
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About the author
Remy Charlip
48 books36 followersAbraham 'Remy' Charlip (born January 10, 1929) was an American artist, writer, choreographer, theatre director, designer, and teacher.
He studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan and fine arts at Cooper Union in New York, graduating in 1949.
In the 1960s, Charlip created a unique form of choreography, which he called "air mail dances". He sent a set of drawings to a dance company, and the dancers ordered the positions and created transitions and context.
He performed with John Cage, was a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for which he also designed sets and costumes, directed plays for the Judson Poet's Theater, co-founded the Paper Bag Players, and served as head of the Children's Theater and Literature Department at Sarah Lawrence College.
He won two Village Voice Obie Awards, three New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year citations, and was awarded a six-month residency in Kyoto from the Japan/U.S. Commission on the Arts. He wrote and/or illustrated more than 30 children's books and passed away in San Francisco, California, on August 14, 2012.
He studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan and fine arts at Cooper Union in New York, graduating in 1949.
In the 1960s, Charlip created a unique form of choreography, which he called "air mail dances". He sent a set of drawings to a dance company, and the dancers ordered the positions and created transitions and context.
He performed with John Cage, was a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for which he also designed sets and costumes, directed plays for the Judson Poet's Theater, co-founded the Paper Bag Players, and served as head of the Children's Theater and Literature Department at Sarah Lawrence College.
He won two Village Voice Obie Awards, three New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year citations, and was awarded a six-month residency in Kyoto from the Japan/U.S. Commission on the Arts. He wrote and/or illustrated more than 30 children's books and passed away in San Francisco, California, on August 14, 2012.
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August 14, 2012
*sigh* Where to begin? So many flaws in this book. No plotline, it doesn't make even one bit of sense, and it's simply stupid and silly. I remember in around sixth or seventh grade we went into the library for one class and if we had extra time, and me and my friends always went into the back to make fun of the kids books. Some of them were horrendous, like this one. I want to go easy on it because it's a book on a deaf woman but it's just ridiculous. Like some of the faces these people make are either ridiculously happy, ridiculously sad, or incredibly angry. Two thumbs down!
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December 23, 2013Dude. This is a gem. Dude.
January 28, 2020
Very dated. But, even my high schoolers were eager for the page turn, to learn new signs. Easy read. Pictures are fairly easy to emulate.
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January 2, 2021Fun book for kids or anyone wanting to see a little more sign language!
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