Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language
Sign Language Made Simplewill 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 signsPart 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  Simplewill 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.