After my sister had an accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury I wondered if she'd be able to speak again so I requested this book. It was useful and easy-to use, but thankfully I did not end up needing its help.

This was a good resource for anyone who wants to start learning American Sign Language. I think there are better beginner materials available.

I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I used this book to help my little baby cousin learn to sign! We learned together. This book is good for all ages.

Thank you kindly to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for this review copy.

I am deaf but I do not know very much sign language so when I saw this book I jumped at the chance to learn more. I read lips for the most part but with Covid-19 and mask wearing it is getting very frustrating for me. I really enjoyed the laid back approach to this book, I liked the idea of learning a bit at a time over the course of one month. I choose the month of August to put it to the test and I have to say I am impressed with both the book and myself.

This is a great book for beginners who want to learn ASL. Also, an important book everyone should add to their library. Not just for deaf people but also non-verbal autistic users as well and their loved ones. The pictures and side notes are clear and easy to follow. The color pages are attractive and that helps to make the learning fun and interesting. I am always asked if I know ASL and am embarrassed when I have to say no. Well this book taught me the basics so I am embarrassed no more. I hope they continue this approach and include an intermediate and expert guide in the future. What a great book!

For someone trying to learn and understand sign language, this book was definitely it! It was thorough and the pictures help to get across exactly what to do.

I've wanted to learn this language since having a deaf classmate in grade school and learning the school song in ASL, then again to communicate with my autistic son when he was a toddler. I think this book help reawaken the desire even if I found this hard to follow. It wasn't exactly a poorly written book so much as I didn't feel confident I was making in progress. I think a video platform would have served me better.

I’ve wanted to learn sign language since the 80s, when I was a young child and my grandmother who worked as a nurse had a sign language book. I studied that book but never committed it to memory and I always wondered what happened to it. and always longed to find another that fit. I was so happy to find this one! It teaches you sign language in 30 days, with daily assignments, great explanations, and related vocabularies. I can’t say I will learn this in 30 days (I probably need a memory book for that feat first) but this is a great book to learn the necessities of sign language. Gives you lessons and the time it takes for each lesson, with recommendations and very detailed pictures of each sign. Also gives you memory tips to make things easier. Each day has a theme, such as alphabet, feelings, family and friends, among many others. Highly recommended.

American Sign Language for Beginners is a beginner's tutorial guide to ASL by Rochelle Barlow. Released 28th July by Callisto on their Rockridge Press imprint, it's 192 pages (for the print copy) and available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

This is a great 30 day tutorial for learning ASL either independently or as part of a classroom. I liked the easy to follow layout of the book and the accessible language. The introduction covers the author's personal history with ASL as well as the origins and use of signing. The introduction also gives a good breakdown of hand position and posture for signing as well as the "five parameters" (handshape, palm orientation, location, movement, and non-manual markers).

The following chapters are laid out in daily tutorials covering individual words and phrases and leading to more complex and nuanced sentences and contextual signaling as well as verb tenses, sentence structure, and questions. The author has also included a solid resources and links list for further reading. The photography in the tutorials is clear and understandable.

This is a very well done book and would make a good resource for self-learners as well as classroom settings.

Five stars

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

This book is a great reference book for anyone learning sign language. The photos show the complete movement involved in the sign with easy to access chapters to find what you are looking for quickly such as health and safety.

I have read quite a few ASL books and I found this one to be hard to follow. Instead of just seeing the hands we are looking at a real person and I found it hard to follow the signs. Below the picture of the person it gives a description and tries to describe the motion. The book divides the lessons up in 30 days.

I received a sample copy, a small part of the original. I based my information on the sample and will not be posting my review anywhere since the whole book was not offered. I do not review samples unless it’s a cookbook. The description led me to believe it was more than a sample. I will stick to my favorite signing book.... the joy of signing.