Deafness & Sign Language

Sign language uses manual communication, body language and lip patterns instead of sound to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speaker's thoughts.

The complex spatial grammars of sign languages are markedly different from the grammars of spoken languages. Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world and are at the cores of local Deaf cultures. Some sign languages have obtained some form of legal recognition, while others have no status at all.

In addition to sign languages, various signed codes of spoken languages have been developed, such as Signed English and Warlpiri Sign Language. These are not independent languages; a signed code of an oral language is simply a signed mode of the language it carries, just as a writing system is a written mode. Signed codes can be useful for learning oral languages or for expressing and discussing literal quotations from those languages, but are generally too awkward for normal discourse.

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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
1st edition from Amulet Books
for 3rd-7th grade
2015 Newbery Honor Book
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
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Feathers
by Jacqueline Woodson
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 4th-7th grade
2008 Newbery Honor Book
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$8.99
Learn to Sign the Fun Way
by Penny Warner
from Three Rivers Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$16.00
Signing for Kids
by Mickey Flodin
from Penguin Putnam
for 3rd-6th grade
Parent's Choice
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$17.00
Signing Made Easy
by Rod Butterworth & Mickey Flodin
from Penguin Putnam
for 7th-Adult
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$19.00