My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language

by Emily Arnold McCully

Hardcover, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

B1787

Publication

Hyperion Books for Children (2008), 40 pages

Description

The true story of how one little girl inspired a whole new language--American Sign Language--as well as the founding of a school where it could be taught.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kmacneill
This is a book about Alice Cogswell and Thomas Gallaudet and the birth of American Sign Language. This would be a great way to help students understand more about deaf people and the language they speak. I think it would be fun to reinforce by teaching students various words in ASL.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

11 inches

ISBN

142310028X / 9781423100287

Barcode

9842
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