American Sign Language. Deborah Kent, $14.95

Learn more about ASL and how it developed. This middle-school level book gives a practical history of American Sign Language, one of the most common languages used in North America.

The American Sign Language Phrase Book, 3rd Edition. Lou Fant & Barbara Bernstein Fant, $23.95

The American Sign Language Phrase Book is the reference guide to everyday expressions in American Sign Language. Clearly illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, this book focuses on areas such as health, family, school, sports, travel, religion, time, money, food and drink, and small talk. This edition's new chapter on technology boasts 50 signs to help you communicate about the Internet, computing, video relay, and more. There is even a chapter that gives you signs for communicating about signing: asking people to sign slower, indicating your finger-spelling ability, and requesting help with your fledgling skills. From asking simple questions to more complex phrases, The American Sign Language Phrase Book gives you the power to communicate easily and comfortably in ASL.

Animal Match-Up Puzzle. Garlic Press, $13.95

A complement to the Early Sign Language board books. For older learners, this 26 two-piece/two-sided puzzle set allows puzzle parts to be combined in a variety of ways to reinforce letters of the alphabet, sign language, and early reading pre-skills.

Basic Signing Vocabulary Cards, Set A, $10.95

Basic Signing Vocabulary Cards, Set B, $10.95

Follow along as Chris tells the story of how he learned to communicate without hearing.

Choices in Deafness: a Parents' Guide to Communication Options, 2nd Edition. Sue Schwartz, Editor. $29.95

An unbiased and thorough guide to deaf education, providing an overview of the different choice faces families today:

• Auditory-Verbal Approach
• Bilingual-Bicultural Approach
• Cued Speech
• Oral Approach
• Total Communication

Deaf Cognition: Foundations and Outcomes. Edited by Marc Marschark & Peter Hauser, $61.95

Deaf Cognition examines the cognitive underpinnings of deaf individuals' learning. It contributes to the science of learning by describing and testing theories that might either over or underestimate the role that audition or vision plays in learning and memory, and by shedding light on multiple pathways for learning. International experts in cognitive psychology, brain sciences, cognitive development, and deaf children offer a unique, integrative examination of cognition and learning, with discussions on their implications for deaf education. Identifying similarities and differences among these domains provides new insights into potential methods for enhancing achievement in this traditionally under-performing population.

Educating Deaf Students: From Research to Practice. Marc Marschak, Harry Lang & John Albertini, $26.95

By evaluating what we know, what we do not know, and what we thought we knew about learning among deaf children, the authors provide parents, teachers, and administrators valuable new insights into educating deaf students and others with special needs.

Elana's Ears or How I Became the Best Big Sister in the World. Gloria Roth Lowell, $11.95 Ages 3-8

Lacey is the family dog. One day, her life of luxury is disrupted when a new baby comes home. When the family realizes that this baby can't hear, her "sister" Lacey, the dog, is there to help protect her and become her hearing ear dog.

Enriqué Speaks With His Hands. Benjamin Fudge, illustrated by Tim Edmonson, $19.95

Enriqué is a special little boy, but his family cannot figure out why. Then a visit from a stranger opens up a world to Enriqué, his mama and family that they have never known. The family is taken to a small neighboring village, where they discover for the first time other deaf children and sign language. Given the opportunity to learn, Enriqué receives the gift of language and with it the gift of hope.

Finger Alphabet Lotto. Garlic Press, $12.95

A card matching game reinforcing the Sign Language alphabet. Perfect for young signers. Two ways to play. Up to 8 players.

First Signs Match-Up Puzzle. Garlic Press, $13.95

A complement to the Early Sign Language board books, this boxed set contains 26 two-piece puzzles. Suitable for 2 years and up. Pieces match signs and pictures appropriate for young learners. Appropriate for early language development and development of expressive language skills.

The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language. Clayton Valli, Editor in Chief, $57.95

• More than 3,000 ASL Sign Illustrations
• Fully Searchable Full-Color DVD Featuring Every Sign
• Special ASL Classifier Section
• Complete Index of English Synonyms for Every Sign

The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language contains more than 3,000 illustrations — the most useful selection of signs to be found in any single ASL reference resource. Each sign illustration, including depictions of finger-spelling when appropriate, incorporates a complete list of English synonyms. A full, alphabetized English index enables users to cross-reference words and signs throughout the entire volume. The full-color DVD included with this dictionary features a diverse group of native ASL signers demonstrating how to form each of the 3,075 signs. Fully searchable, users can view a sign and quickly go to its synonyms. This and the many other exclusive features in The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language combine to make it the outstanding ASL reference for all instructors, students, and users of ASL.

Hands of My Father: a Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents and the Language of Love. Myron Uhlberg, $25.95

By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Myron Uhlberg’s memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents—and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.

From the beaches of Coney Island to Ebbets Field, where he watches his father’s hero Jackie Robinson play ball, from the branch library above the local Chinese restaurant where the odor of chow mein rose from the pages of the books he devoured to the hospital ward where he visits his polio-afflicted friend, this is a memoir filled with stories about growing up not just as the child of two deaf people but as a book-loving, mischief-making, tree-climbing kid during the remarkably eventful period that spanned the Depression, the War, and the early fifties.

Handy Stories to Read and Sign. Donna Jo Napoli & Doreen DeLuca, $22.95

Handy Stories to Read and Sign takes a bilingual, fun approach to help beginning readers, deaf and hearing, improve their comprehension of both English and American Sign Language. The five stories increase in complexity as vocabulary and reading skills grow.

I Am Deaf. Jennifer Moore-Mallinos, illustrated by Marta Fàbrega, $8.50

Lana is 10 years old and she is deaf. In this story, she describes what it’s like to be deaf and she talks about some of the things she uses to help her learn at school and communicate with her teachers and friends.

I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf. Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, $7.50

For children ages 4-8, this lovely picture book tells the story of a very special sister who can say more with her eyes, and body language than most people can with words. A great book for explaining deafness to young children.

If a Tree Falls: a Family Quest to Hear and Be Heard. Jennifer Rosner, $19.50

When her daughters are born deaf, Jennifer Rosner discovers a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern Europe. Rosner shares her journey into the modern world of deafness decisions to be made about hearing aids, cochlear implants and sign language. It is at heart a story about whether she — a mother with perfect hearing — will hear her children.

Kid-Friendly Parenting with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: a Treasury of Fun Activities Toward Better Behavior. Daria Medwid & Denise Chapman Weston, $39.95

This practical guide offers step-by-step ideas and activities to help parents help their children to enhance communication, develop problem-solving skills, manage behavior and improve social skills. For parents of children 3-12 years, this is a positive parenting manual that is a great resource for deaf and hard of hearing families.

Follow Moses through a typical school day, a public school for the deaf and hard of hearing. Moses and his friends have lots to do and say and they do it with sign language. A great introduction to deafness for school-age children.

It is very possible for children with a hearing loss to achieve and develop a fluent and intelligible spoken language when their residual hearing is applied to the fullest extent in an interactive language learning environment. Based on twenty five years of advisory and hands-on research and experience across fourteen countries in five continents, this book is a practical guide for those seeking to lead children with hearing impairment to fluent intelligible spoken language by engaging in quality interaction at the language learning stage.

Raising and Educating a Deaf Child: a Comprehensive Guide to the Choices, Controversies and Decisions Faced by Parents and Educators, 2nd Edition. Marc Marschark, $19.95

Raising and Educating a Deaf Child is not a how-to book or one with all the "right" answers for raising a deaf child; rather, it is a guide through the conflicting suggestions and programs for raising deaf children, as well as the likely implications of taking one direction or the other.

Signing for Kids: the Fun Way for Anyone to Learn American Sign Language, Revised. Mickey Flodin, $16.00

With helpful hints, tips and an extensive index, Signing for Kids is a terrific book for beginners or for those who want to brush up on their signing skills. This revised, expanded version includes a new section on computer and technology terms.

Sign Language Cards (Alphabet), $14.95
Sign Language Cards (Number), $14.95

Large, full-color, two-sided cards. Front sides include alphabet and number hand signs plus the written letter. The back side shows only the hand sign. A bonus set of cut-apart mini-cards is included, as well as a small poster.

Beginning Signs

Signs for those beginning to learn sign language. Charts include: alphabet, numbers, colors, days of the week, months, time, family members, and more.

School Signs

Signing in the school setting. Charts include: fingerspelling, phrases for greetings and courtesies, people around school, sports, feelings, subjects, and more.

Food Signs

Common foods at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.

Animal Signs

Familar animals, both domestic and exotic.

Simple Signs. Cindy Wheeler, $8.99. More Simple Signs. Cindy Wheeler, $20.99

These beautifully illustrated books introduce preschoolers and school-age children to the basics of sign language.

Sign Language Bingo. Garlic Press, $15.95

A Sign Language Bingo game for up to 30 players. Learn and practice 48 common signs and play a variety of patterns. Set includes 30 playing cards, 48 illustrated signs, a master reference card, and markers. Two levels to play.

Some Kids Are Deaf. Lola Schaefer, $6.95 (Preschool to Grade 2)

Text and photographs describe kids who are deaf, the ways they communicate, and some of their everyday activities.

“This 160 page guide is a handy resource for clinicians. Its contents include diagrams and descriptions, which blend pictures, words and sentences together; worksheets; lesson plans; sensory cues and aids for shaping speech; syllable drills; progress and final report forms; guidelines for parents; and a list of suggested reading to follow up on related subjects. This is a time-proven curriculum, which has resulted in a high rate of speech improvement in children with hearing loss.”

Talking Hands. Margalit Fox, $17.50

In a remote village in the Middle East, where everyone uses sign language, scientists are discovering the essential ingredients of all human language and deepening our understanding of cognitive development.

Jacob's life is filled with friends, school, family, sports and pets - and he has a profound hearing loss. Through his story, readers learn about sign language, interpreters, hearing aids and speech therapy for kids with hearing impairments.

Teach Your Tot to Sign: the Parents’ Guide to American Sign Language. Stacy Thompson, $14.50

Research has shown that very young children can learn sign language before they learn to speak. Teach Your Tot to Sign: the Parents’ Guide to American Sign Language provides parents and teachers the opportunity to teach more than 500 basic American Sign Language (ASL) signs to their infants, toddlers, and young children. Hearing children, deaf children, and children with special needs can benefit from learning the elementary signs chosen for this handy pocket-size book. The book features fundamental signs of great appeal to young children and concise instructions on how to sign; including the critical importance of facial expression … This lively assortment of signs will help every child convey … their thoughts, feelings, and desires to their parents and teachers.”

Your Child’s Hearing Loss: a Guide for Parents, 2nd Edition. Debby Waldman & Jackson Roush, $28.95

This comprehensive book offers parents critical information on everything from technical information to practical and emotional support including information on advocating for your child's welfare in educational, social and public.