Opposites: A Beginners's Book of Signs (Beginner's Book of Signs) [Board book]

Angela Bednarczyk (Author), Janet Weinstock (Author), Peter Brant (Author), Tony Pemberton (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Beginner's Book of Signs

This book includes hand signs to show the concept of opposites with easy-to-follow photos and illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Even the smallest children will enjoy communicating with signs--and [this board book is] just right for beginning lessons... --All Together Now

From the Back Cover

We all use signs every day to communicate. Research shows that babies who learn to sign, whether they can hear or not, are able to communicate their desires long before they can vocalize them. So share this book with your child and learn a new language together.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 16 pages
• Publisher: Star Bright Books; 1 Ed edition (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887734066
• ISBN-13: 978-1887734066
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,415,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book isn't what you think!, April 30, 2001

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Holly (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opposites: A Beginners's Book of Signs (Beginner's Book of Signs) (Board book)

This has lovely pictures and drawings of signs, but they are British Sign Language signs, not American Sign Language Signs! This book and the others by this author, are published in Great Britian. I wondered why so many of the signs were "wrong" until I discovered the books origin!

Contrary to the widespread myth, sign languages are not universal. If you are looking to learn and use the sign language that is used in the United States, these aren't the books for you.....

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Opposites is a good book for older toddlers., April 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Opposites: A Beginners's Book of Signs (Beginner's Book of Signs) (Board book)

My 14 month old son loves the sign language books I've given him. He likes the brightly colored pictures in this book and the close up pictures of children's faces. This book contains signs for words such as big/little, sad/happy, and wet/dry. The words in this book seem fit for a little older toddler to me, but he does really seem to like looking at the pictures. The black and white illustrations of how to do the signs are easy to understand. The book is also a nice size for little toddler hands. A big thumbs up here!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Both my boys LOVE this book, July 13, 2000

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Julie A. Thornberry "julieforjesus" (Reno, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opposites: A Beginners's Book of Signs (Beginner's Book of Signs) (Board book)

Each night this book gets read. We were told that our 2 year old is profoundly deaf when he was 4 weeks. Although this was completely WRONG, he isn't even hearing impaired, he does have a speech disability, so we have used sign with him since he was an infant. Our 4 year old loves to sit down with "his baby" and go through the signs and pictures. It is a sturdy book and presents words that kids can relate to. Great pictures and sign illustrations.