Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide [Mass Market Paperback]

Mickey Flodin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0399521348 | ISBN-13: 978-0399521348 | Edition: Revised

The newest volume in the best-selling series of signing books groups signs with similar shapes and movements in chapters such as Numbers, Money and Quantity and Thoughts, Emotions and Ideas, creating a quick and easy system for the novice.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mickey Flodin is the author of Signing Everyday Phrases, Signing for Kids, Signing is Fun, Signing Illustrated, and co-author, with Rod R. Butterworth, of The Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing, The Pocket Dictionary of Signing, and Signing Made Easy.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; Revised edition (October 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399521348
• ISBN-13: 978-0399521348
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mickey Flodin is an artist and author whose books on sign language have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

144 of 146 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The PERFECT Beginning Book For Vocabulary!, August 31, 2003

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Tom "Tom" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

Being a Deaf American Sign Language instructor, I spend much of my time searching for resources regarding ASL vocabulary, syntax, and non-manual communications. "Signing Illustrated" is the perfect book to start you out.

This book includes 1500 signs, very clearly illustrated with memory aids, as well as help tp practice fingerspelling. Like any ASL book you'll come across, there are some regional differences in the signs, but they're few and far between.
The vocabulary is listed in categories instead of alphabetical order. This means that you can learn all of your feeling words or all of your action words without having to sift through the book and find each one. I love that about this!

Along with this book, you can purchase a board game called, "Sign It!" which uses this text as its reference. There are also a couple of books that are the exact same pictures and descriptions, exact same author, but different format.

No matter what your reason is to learn ASL, this is a wonderful book to get you started. HIGHLY recommended from a deafie! :v)

120 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY #1 RECOMMENDATION IN SIGN LANGUAGE BOOKS!, May 15, 2000

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"deafmom" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is absolutely the BEST in its class! As a Deafie myself, I would tell anyone without hesitation that this is the book to get if you want an easy and readable access to sign langauge. A definite MUST- READ!

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great illustrations!!!, May 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is wonderful! The illustrations and the descriptions are very clear and easy to understand. I have not found a book so far that is more clear and easier to use. This book is great because is it so user friendly and packet with signs.