This breakthrough picture book about a deaf child works so well that you wonder why there aren’t lots more books like it… With clear line-and-watercolor pictures, the precise hand shapes, movements, and facial expressions of American Sign Language( ASL) are a natural part of the story… Deaf children will welcome this joyful story that talks, without condescension, about the fun they have. Hearing kids, too. Will want to learn some of the sign language, and with the help of an adult, they can practice the hand alphabet shown at the back of the book.