American Sign Language is introduced by using illustrations of a 9 year old boy with arrows showing the direction of motion, each word is given in large bolded type, and written text directions in front of photo of the word. One of the sites listed on FACTHOUND, at the end of the book, actually shows in live action how to sign 100  common words. “Most ASL signs are understood wherever you go. But some signs may change depending on where you are. It’s like having a different accent.” (page 3)  There are twelve “at Home” categories, in addition to the signing alphabet chart for finger spelling, in this books. Each category contains 7 or more signs/words, for a total of 96 signs. The categories include: My Home, Bedroom, Clothes, Toys, Kitchen, Dining Room, Food, Bathroom, Living Room, Outdoors, Family, and Pets.

This is a book of vocabulary words, but does not show how to convey an entire thought, because not all spoken words are signed when signing.

This book could, also, be used without the signs using simply the written word and photo.