Product Details

• Actors: Peter DeLuise, Holly Robinson Peete, Dustin Nguyen, Steven Williams, Brent Hinkley
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, SECAM, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Random House Video
• VHS Release Date: October 12, 1987
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302276152
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,755 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

From Parents' Choice®
While the child with a hearing impairment is watching signed performances of up-to-date versions of such fairy tales as "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," the hearing child is enjoying Elaine Branko's cheery voice-over narration. Children are also learning the rudiments of sign language. In this version, live actors perform against picture book backdrops. It's a jaunty production of two familiar stories that promote self-esteem, inclusiveness, and, above all, communication. A Parents' Choice Approval. (Diana Huss Green, Parents' Choice, 1999)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

Our entire family enjoys this video. My two year old son (with a moderate hearing impairment) watches, as do his parents who are trying to learn sign language. This is the best sign video I have found. Isolated signs are shown clearly before each story, and signs are seen in the context of simple sentences that tell the story.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable Learning!, September 9, 2002

By	Jeffrey Morris (Nelsonville, OH USA) - See all my reviews

My twin daughters..., borrowed this video several times from our public library. I enjoyed it just as much as them & found myself watching it each time as we picked up new signs to practice and learn.

Now, my ...year old has fallen in love with it too! She watches it sometimes 3x in a row and several times throughout the day ... as it IS her favorite video to watch. We decided to purchase our own so we wouldn't be hogging the Library's copy.

I only wish there were more!
I was sad to find out that there wasn't a whole series of these available!

We are a Hearing family but enjoy exposing our children as well as ourselves to everything possible and in turn have learned much.

There's many new adventures to experience!

A Parent Who enjoys Learning as well as Teaching, HMorris

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best ways to get started in Sign Language!, January 12, 2002

By	Isabel Caballer (San Juan, PR) - See all my reviews

We got this tape as a Christmas gift for our 3 year old boy, who is not hearing impaired but we are trying to introduce him to sign language with several books and tapes. It was a very pleasant surprise for us when we watched the tape; we were fearing it would turn out to be a little bit boring for him, but it was not only fun, he wanted to watch it several times and even learned a few signs the first day. It was also great for us, I found it very interesting and my husband and I ended up signing along with the stories. Linda Bove is great, the stories are loved by children and adults, the acting and the signing are simple, entertaining and easy enough for everybody. It is very easy to identify words such as "cold", "hot", "forest", "tall", "low", "girl", "wolf", "father", "mother", "baby", "bear" and many more. I would definitely recommend this tape to everyone interested in learning sign language or teaching their children.