Let's Sign: Every Baby's Guide to Communicating with Grownups [Hardcover]

Kelly Ault (Author), Leo Landry (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 24, 2005 | Age Level: 1 and up

Is your baby hungry or tired? Does she have a tummy ache or does he just need a diaper change? It’s easy to know when you and your baby learn to sign together.

Studies show that babies who sign develop increased vocabularies, experience less frustration, and begin to speak earlier. These short stories, playful pictures, and clear instructions are practical for parents and fun for older siblings. Let’s Sign! is designed to help you more fully enjoy mealtime, playtime, bedtime, and other daily activities with the baby in your life.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS–This sturdy picture book deserves a place in every library serving preschoolers. After a brief and informative introduction that details the benefits of using sign language with babies, Ault presents three simple stories: Mealtime, Playtime, and Bedtime. Each one follows a child through a daily activity, with the details of the story appearing on the verso of each spread. For example, Diego's grandma brushes his teeth faces a description of one or two associated signs on the right–grandma, brush teeth. Landry's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are child-friendly, and his depictions of the signs are both appealing and informative–a rare feat. The signs are well chosen to reflect a child's world, and, unlike the many so-so baby sign books on the market, this one actually depicts American Sign Language. A handy index of signs makes this a great reference as well. A winner all around.–Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
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"This sturdy picture book deserves a place in every library serving preschoolers. . . . A winner all around." –School Library Journal School Library Journal

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (October 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618507744
• ISBN-13: 978-0618507740
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,200,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kelly Ault is a designer and former managing editor of the Horn Book Guide, a children's book review journal. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their son.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars simple & colorful, October 13, 2006

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C. Wyatt (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Sign: Every Baby's Guide to Communicating with Grownups (Hardcover)

I checked this out from our library. The left side of the book is the story with simple picutes. The right side of the book shows two signs to use with the story on the left page. I don't like the faces on the signing illustrations, but the discriptions are good of how to make the sign. It also tells you what alphabet letter you hand should use when making the sign. Example: "spoon - With the right 'U' hand, make small scooping motions in the left palm." Then the 'U' is shown in the corner. This book has three stories, 62 ASL signs, and an index! This is a great compliment to the library program that I attended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's Sign, September 23, 2007

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Dawn Smith (Toms River, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Sign: Every Baby's Guide to Communicating with Grownups (Hardcover)

What a great book for parents wanting to learn to sign with their babies. Great pictures and excellent explanations. Colorful and holds the attention of a baby very well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good and simple, April 5, 2008

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J. Heiner (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Sign: Every Baby's Guide to Communicating with Grownups (Hardcover)

This is a very nice book. My son is hearing impaired and so we are using this to learn sign. It's very simple though so you get through it fast when reading it before bed. It's a great book though.