The Gallaudet Children’s Dictionary of American Sign Language Hardcover – October 31, 2014

I love that I know what word I want to find and I can look it up so easily, because of the alphabetical order. Also my children understand the pictures and this book is appealing for them.

If you want your kiddos to learn sign, learn from the primary source. Illustrations are beautiful and easy to follow. Signs are accurate. As a CODA I'm super picky about what sign resources I allow in my home, many teach incorrect or out of date signs. You know it's good if Gally put it out!

My daughter is deaf and this book is absolutely amazing for my entire family. I love it and it is very big and just overall amazing!

I am learning ASL as a hearing only adult who was blessed with a deaf child. This dictionary is PERFECT for what we need! It’s alphabetical, easy to understand, very colorful, & the signs are easy to read. I also like the introduction part where is throughly goes through the rules, numbers, alphabet, & fingerspelling vs sign. I recommend this book to anyone trying to learn or communicate in ASL.

As an interpreter myself (fluent in ASL & English) and having grown up in a family of Hearing, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people, I can say that this book gets my seal of approval. I give this routinely as a baby shower gift.WHY I LIKE IT:As a product of the world's only Deaf University & their publishing affiliate, it is a trustworthy resource to find CORRECT and reliable sign vocabulary. It also comes with a free DVD of video showing EVERY sign that's within the book; considering the language is a visual one in which the drawings are not always sufficiently clear, such video is vital (and googling the word when you don't know the language could lead you to signing very incorrect things, thus the source reliability here is so key). Additionally, you're supporting Deaf people, their culture, & their university by buying these materials versus someone who potentially learned second-hand, has no knowledge of Deaf Culture, & may know very little about the roots of the language which sadly many "baby sign" books for within this category.Best of luck and any further material by Gallaudet Press or Dawn Sign Press (an unrelated but equally reliable Deaf & ASL only content publisher) would be highly recommended by me over others.

Book is beautiful. I'm thrilled to get this book have waited months to get it. It's everything I hoped it would be.However I paid full price, to get a brand new book, so my DVD would be perfect. Instead they have it online. . I could have bought the book used and got the DVD. I wanted it for when we were camping this year with our grandkids. We have electricity but no WiFi.So very disappointed on the whole.***UPDATE***I ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SENT ME A DVD. THANK YOU!

I am an ASL teacher and I purchased this as a baby gift for a student who was pregnant. If you are not familiar with sign language yet but you are thinking about learning for any reason, books from Gallaudet are the ones that you need!!! Gallaudet University is a liberal arts college for the deaf and hard of hearing so I'd recommend their materials over many others.

My husband is Deaf and I am training to become an ASL interpreter. So far, the dictionary is incredible! This book is helpful for deaf and hearing children alike. The introduction is for adults, and I love that it explains fingerspelling, iconic signs, and the fact that there are sign variations. The DVD is great in that there are children demonstrating the signs, adults signing sentences, and that is shows synonyms. I am sure many hearing people assume that every English work has an equivalent sign, when really there could be a sign that covers several English words or concepts. It's explained perfectly in the book, as well as debunking the myth that ASL is just "making pictures in the air." Nope!My only issue is the DVD format. When I select a word and watch how it is signed, I cannot go to the next word in the list. I have to go back to the main screen that shows the English alphabet, click the letter, and then go to the word I want. I would have been much happier if I could go from word to word in the list, or arrow back to the same letter. I guess that will be an improvement for the next edition.This ASL dictionary is going to be a gift for our young hearing nieces. My husband and I will be visiting them soon, and hope that this dictionary and DVD are helpful tools in teaching them ASL, until we can live closer to them.