Overview
A lively performance by the Little Theatre of the Deaf
Actors from the Little Theatre of the Deaf are coming to Moses' school, and Moses and his classmates are going to see a play! A class from another school joins them, and Moses is introduced to Manuel, who has just moved to the United States. Manuel doesn't know English or sign language yet. Moses, being deaf, knows how hard it can be when no one understands you, so he tries communicating with Manuel using body gestures, while also teaching him some simple signs.
This delightful book about Moses incorporates clear and colorful pictures, written English, and American Sign Language (ASL). Detailed diagrams of the signs are included so that readers can learn along with Manuel.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Moses and his classmates, who are deaf or hard of hearing, attend a play at their school, and Moses makes a new friend from another class.
Synopsis
A lively performance by the Little Theatre of the Deaf
Actors from the Little Theatre of the Deaf are coming to Moses' school, and Moses and his classmates are going to see a play! A class from another school joins them, and Moses is introduced to Manuel, who has just moved to the United States. Manuel doesn't know English or sign language yet. Moses, being deaf, knows how hard it can be when no one understands you, so he tries communicating with Manuel using body gestures, while also teaching him some simple signs.
This delightful book about Moses incorporates clear and colorful pictures, written English, and American Sign Language (ASL). Detailed diagrams of the signs are included so that readers can learn along with Manuel.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Publishers Weekly
In the fourth in the series that began with Moses Goes to a Concert, Moses Sees a Play, Isaac Millman blends how-to diagrams of American Sign Language with the deaf hero's continuing story. Here a new boy joins Moses's school and the whole class sees a performance of Cinderella, acted by the Little Theatre of the Deaf. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly
In the fourth in the series that began with Moses Goes to a Concert, Moses Sees a Play, Isaac Millman blends how-to diagrams of American Sign Language with the deaf hero's continuing story. Here a new boy joins Moses's school and the whole class sees a performance of Cinderella, acted by the Little Theatre of the Deaf. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
A performance in American Sign Language of Cinderella by the Little Theater for the Deaf is coming to Moses's school and a class from another school has been invited to join them. Moses, who is deaf, meets Manuel who recently arrived from Mexico and does not know English. Without a formal language, they communicate with gestures and find out they both play baseball and have lots more in common. They enjoy watch the play. The five actors play all the parts for Cinderella, even creating a horse-drawn carriage with their bodies. After the play, the students make different animals with their bodies. As Manuel leaves, Moses teaches him the sign for friend. Similar to other books in the series, Moses is depicted as a normal student who enjoys school and experiencing new things. At the end, Moses uses a TTY to "talk" via a telephone to his grandparents and tell them about the Little Theatre of the Deaf and his new friend. Sidebars show the motions for some of the vocabulary and sentences in signed English. Readers can learn about the deaf and practice signs. 2004, Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, Ages 6 to 10.—Janet L. Rose