47 books
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18 voters
Sign Language Books
Showing 1-50 of 647
Seeing Voices (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,184 ratings — published 1989
Ape House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.51 — 30,437 ratings — published 2010
Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)
by (shelved 11 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,994 ratings — published 2020
Baby Signs: A Baby-Sized Introduction to Speaking with Sign Language (Board Book)
by (shelved 11 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,020 ratings — published 2008
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.02 — 531 ratings — published 2007
The Handmade Alphabet (Picture Puffins)
by (shelved 10 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.39 — 318 ratings — published 1988
The Joy of Signing: The Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.27 — 545 ratings — published 1978
Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.08 — 388 ratings — published 2020
Monster Hands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.19 — 459 ratings — published 2024
True Biz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.06 — 80,865 ratings — published 2022
My First Book of Sign Language (Whistlestop Books; Troll Books)
by (shelved 8 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.23 — 140 ratings — published 1996
Archer's Voice (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.17 — 674,430 ratings — published 2014
A Sign of Affection, Vol. 1 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.40 — 24,484 ratings — published 2019
Nita's First Signs (Board book)
by (shelved 7 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.54 — 108 ratings — published
Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.85 — 587 ratings — published
A Basic Course in American Sign Language (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 7 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.24 — 305 ratings — published 1980
Hands & Hearts: With 15 Words in American Sign Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.79 — 258 ratings — published 2014
Simple Signs (Picture Puffins)
by (shelved 6 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.06 — 32 ratings — published 1995
Little Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,320 ratings — published 2008
Sign Language for Kids: A Fun & Easy Guide to American Sign Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.06 — 80 ratings — published 2004
The American Sign Language Phrase Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.11 — 308 ratings — published 1983
ゆびさきと恋々 3 [Yubisaki to Renren 3] (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.52 — 10,915 ratings — published 2020
The Everything Sign Language Book: American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos! (Everything® Series)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.98 — 168 ratings — published 2003
The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.39 — 32,569 ratings — published 2019
My First 100 Words (Sign Language)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.41 — 123 ratings — published 2008
Handsigns: A Sign Language Alphabet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.79 — 47 ratings — published 1993
Sign Language ABC (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.81 — 126 ratings — published 2012
American Sign Language Green Books, A Student Text Units 1-9 (Green Book Series)
by (shelved 5 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.97 — 29 ratings — published 1991
Signing Made Easy: A Complete Program for Learning and Using Sign Language in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.10 — 180 ratings — published 1989
A Sign of Affection, Vol. 2 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.50 — 13,535 ratings — published 2020
Pet (Pet, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,350 ratings — published 2019
Song for a Whale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,334 ratings — published 2019
Signing Naturally: Student Videotext and Workbook Level 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.79 — 183 ratings — published 1988
El Deafo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.20 — 90,631 ratings — published 2014
Sign Language ABC with Linda Bove (Sesame Street)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.12 — 64 ratings — published 1985
Sign and Sing Along: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.84 — 76 ratings — published 2005
Half Brother (Audio CD)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,667 ratings — published 2010
My First Signs: American Sign Language (Baby Signing)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.22 — 399 ratings — published 2004
Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,453 ratings — published 2009
The Pocket Dictionary Of Signing (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.03 — 104 ratings — published 1987
Moses Goes to a Concert (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.30 — 368 ratings — published 1998
Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.10 — 211 ratings — published 1992
Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.81 — 725 ratings — published 1988
A Journey Into the Deaf-World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.88 — 514 ratings — published 1996
When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.94 — 234 ratings — published 1984
Signing: How To Speak With Your Hands (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.22 — 88 ratings — published 1983
Signing for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.77 — 105 ratings — published 2003
Little Liar (The Web of Silence Duet, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as sign-language)
avg rating 3.95 — 63,249 ratings — published 2024
Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sign-language)
avg rating 4.26 — 165 ratings — published 1994
“Falitz began running seminars for the group, but she never understood why Terrace was hiring people who did not know ASL for an ASL project. Wambach's criticism went further. She thought that Nim should have been raised in a deaf family from infancy. Giving him to the LaFarges was like putting a child in an Italian family to learn German.”
― Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
― Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
“Thus we do not yet have experience with the
adult language abilities of monkeys and apes. One of the most intriguing questions is whether a verbally accomplished chimpanzee mother will be able to communicate language to her offspring. It seems very likely that this should be possible and that a community of chimps initially competent in gestural
language could pass down the language to subsequent generations.”
― The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
adult language abilities of monkeys and apes. One of the most intriguing questions is whether a verbally accomplished chimpanzee mother will be able to communicate language to her offspring. It seems very likely that this should be possible and that a community of chimps initially competent in gestural
language could pass down the language to subsequent generations.”
― The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence













