A growing consensus of researchers agree that not only deaf children but also hearing children can benefit from early exposure to sign language, often learning such basic signs as "milk," "mother," and "change" as early as seven months. With this in mind, Kim Votry and Curt Waller have created Baby's First Signs and More Baby's First Signs, durable board books, lavishly colored in bright reds, blues, greens, and yellows sure to please your child's eye. Each page features an illustration of a toddler signing a word as well as demonstrating what the sign is about. The illustrations include both a diagram box that depicts exactly how to perform the sign and the English word in the top left corner, so that your child will learn English and sign language simultaneously. The books cover basic expressions such as "sleep," "cold," "eat," and "hurt" as well as "rain," "mommy," "daddy," and "car." The Baby's First Signs books are the ideal place to begin building your baby's library.