A review by ljrinaldi
Charlie & Frog by Karen Kane
3.0
How do deaf people communicate? In North America, they use ASL. (American Sign Language). To learn it, it is best to see it, either in pictures of a book, or by having someone demonstrate them to you. It is a very visual thing.
And that is the problem I have with this book, and why I feel that it is, at best 3.5 stars. The story is good. The mystery is good, and cleaver, and the characters are fun. But, to have to descrbe the sign language every time someone is speaking drove me crazy. I have friends and relatives who signed, and if I had to learn it by reading about it, rather than watching it, I would got crazy.
I admire the author for attempting to do it, but just throwing in illustrations would have been a huge help. Because kids love to learn new languages, secret languages, and to have the alphabet in the back of the book, or have some of the signs sprinkled throughout, would have made the book a solid four or five star.
Well written, but lacking in images.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
And that is the problem I have with this book, and why I feel that it is, at best 3.5 stars. The story is good. The mystery is good, and cleaver, and the characters are fun. But, to have to descrbe the sign language every time someone is speaking drove me crazy. I have friends and relatives who signed, and if I had to learn it by reading about it, rather than watching it, I would got crazy.
I admire the author for attempting to do it, but just throwing in illustrations would have been a huge help. Because kids love to learn new languages, secret languages, and to have the alphabet in the back of the book, or have some of the signs sprinkled throughout, would have made the book a solid four or five star.
Well written, but lacking in images.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.