The Best Sign Language Books 2025

1. Everything(r): The Everything Sign Language Book : American Sign Language Made Easy (Edition 2) (Paperback)

Discover the intricacies of American Sign Language with this comprehensive, essential guide to learning the basics of sign language. The appeal of American Sign Language (ASL) has extended beyond the Deaf community into the mainstream--it's even popular as a class in high school and college. You are guided through the basics of ASL with clear instruction and more than 300 illustrations. With a minimum of time and effort, you will learn to sign: the ASL alphabet; questions and common expressions; numbers, money, and time. With info on signing etiquette, communicating with people in the Deaf community, and using ASL to aid child development, this book makes signing fun for the entire family.

Discover the intricacies of American Sign Language with this comprehensive, essential guide to learning the basics of sign language. The appeal of American Sign Language (ASL) has extended beyond the Deaf community into the mainstream—it’s even popular as a class in high school and college. You are guided through the basics of ASL with clear instruction and more than 300 illustrations. With a minimum of time and effort, you will learn to sign: the ASL alphabet; questions and common expressions; numbers, money, and time. With info on signing etiquette, communicating with people in the Deaf community, and using ASL to aid child development, this book makes signing fun for the entire family.

2. Pocket Dictionary of Signing, Revised and Expanded, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - The simplest, most convenient alphabetized pocket guide to American Sign Language (ASL). Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this edition contains more than 600 signing entries with accompanying directions and illustrations. Inside you ll find many special highlights, including: . Over 600 signs a selection of the most commonly used phrases . Detailed illustrations -- showing exact hand positions and movements . Fingerspelling -- to aid in communicating words for which there are no signs . Memory aids -- to assist in recalling how to form signs . Special sections -- on forming numbers, letters, and constructing word endings . Comprehensive Index -- of entries and their synonyms for easy cross-referencing The Pocket Dictionary of Signing is the most complete pocket guide to basic sign language -- and it s portable enough to be carried anywhere in a pocket or purse.

Pocket Dictionary of Signing, Revised and Expanded, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. Master ASL - Level One (with DVD), Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

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Master ASL - Level One (with DVD), Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

4. Signing Made Easy, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - A comprehensive guide to learning and using Sign Language in everyday life The authors of the acclaimed Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing and The Pocket Dictionary of Signing have created a text and workbook in one. This volume will teach you how to use signing in English sentence format. Signing Made Easy offers the most thorough, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. Presented in a large-format, easy-to-follow design, this book includes: - More than 3,500 different signs, with clear illustrations and descriptions - Instructions on how to sign in complete sentences - Exercises for learning how to give and receive signs - Drills to reinforce vocabulary retention - Chapters organized by subject -- from Work and Careers to Family and Social Life to Food --that build progressively on previous lessons - The complete manual alphabet - Spelling exercises throughout - Instructions for forming numbers and inflections - A complete index for easy reference

Signing Made Easy, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

5. Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts: Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.) Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate. Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses. Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes. Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It's a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.

Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

6. Sign with Your Baby: How to Communicate with Infants Before They Can Speak, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Sign with Your Baby: How to Communicate with Infants Before They Can Speak, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

7. A Basic Course in American Sign Language, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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A Basic Course in American Sign Language, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

8. The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - This pocket guide lists five hundred of the most frequently used signs, providing clear line drawings and descriptions of each, plus suggestions for successful signing, a chart of the American Manual Alphabet, and a section on numbers.

The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

9. Signing: Signed English: A Basic Guide, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - This quick-reference dictionary is for everyone who knows, cares about, or wants to communicate with someone who is deaf or hearing impaired. Designed by Harry Bornstein and Karen L. Saulnier, two of the foremost experts on sign language, Signing features more than one thousand black-and-white illustrations created specifically for hearing and non-hearing people who want to learn how to sign. Packed with grammar tips and vocabulary words arranged by subject for easy reference, Signing is a comprehensive guide to mastering the basics of Signed English and can be used alone or in conjunction with the Living Language video, Say it By Signing.

Signing: Signed English: A Basic Guide, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

10. Say it By Signing Learner's Dictionary & Guidebook: Conversing in American Sign Language (LL(R) Sign Language) [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Teaches the basics needed to start conversing in American Sign Language (ASL), with illustrations of each sign and the manual alphabet for finger spelling.

Say It by Signing Learner's Dictionary and Guidebook : Conversing in American Sign Language, Used [Paperback]