Baby's First Signs
PreSchool-Grade 2-In both titles, a brown-skinned toddler signs  elementary words such as "ball," "sleep," "hot," and "rain" in  American Sign Language (ASL). A small box with a clear pencil  illustration of the directions for signing the word appears in  the corner of each larger picture of the child interacting with  Dad and Mom. The bright, simple illustrations outlined in black  will be appealing to preschoolers. The note on the back of the  books points out, "-a growing number of researchers agree that  not only deaf children but also hearing children can benefit  from early exposure to sign language, often learning basic signs  as early as nine months old, before they learn spoken  words."-Olga R. Kuharets, Broward County Libraries, Fort  Lauderdale, FLCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.