Sign and Rhyme: If You're Happy and You Know It (ASL)

Illustrated by Annie Kubler and Sarah Dellow

Discover the magic of nursery rhymes through singing, signing, and shared reading!

Introduce your little one to the joy of books, music, and early communication with Sign and Rhyme: If You're Happy and You Know It — With ASL Signs. This charming interactive board book brings the much-loved nursery rhyme to life with engaging, sign-supported text designed especially for babies and toddlers.

Sing along to the familiar words of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” while using simple American Sign Language (ASL) signs to encourage your baby to join in with actions and movements. The combination of rhyme, repetition, gestures, and sounds creates a fun and engaging shared reading experience while helping little ones begin to connect words with meaning and actions.

Singing nursery rhymes together is a wonderful way to bond with your baby, encourage early language development, and build positive associations with books and reading. The rhythmic patterns and repeated phrases help babies become familiar with the natural sounds of speech, while the accompanying signs and actions encourage motor skills, coordination, imitation, and self-expression.

Key features and benefits:

• A beloved nursery rhyme specially adapted for babies
• ASL sign-supported text introduces early communication through gestures
• Rhyming, repetition, and rhythm support early language and listening skills
• Actions and movements encourage motor development and coordination
• Encourages interaction, imitation, participation, and self-expression
  

Part of the Sign and Rhyme series, this delightful collection combines familiar nursery rhymes with ASL signs to create engaging early-learning books that encourage babies to listen, watch, move, and participate. Share the rhyme, learn the signs, and make storytime a special moment of connection.

You may already be familiar with Annie Kubler’s Child’s Play series of board books. Now the series has gone in a new direction that I really dig. When I was a new mom I managed to corral every last signing-related board book into my possession. Sign and Rhyme, the new board book series, would have been invaluable back then. Very cool! - Betsy Bird via SLJ