Adam´s Book

Deaf children in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany learn to read with Adam´s Book 

Adam´s Book is a bilingual reading material in Swedish and Swedish Sign Language for deaf students who have just started school. The story is about a deaf boy and his friends in a school for deaf students somewhere in Sweden. In the 23 chapters the book consists of you will encounter text phones, eaten hearing aids, bullying, love and a lot of other things that make up the life of a deaf child. For many years, Adam´s Book has been used when beginning to teach reading in schools for deaf children in Sweden. Since the stories are both in Sign Language and Swedish the children can use their knowledge in Sign Language to learn Swedish. There is a teaching guide for Adam´s Book that supports the teacher when teaching bilingual reading.

 

 

Adam´s Book is not yet available in English. We have translated this page to give you an idea of its contents.

 

 

 

 

 

The texts from the book and the Sign Language stories from the video are now also available in digital format as a digital bilingual book, Linked book. In this book it is possible to quickly change between the languages. Click a word or an expression in the text and see it in Sign Language and vice versa.

 

Adam´s Book is translated into Norwegian, Danish and German. It is possible to translate Adam´s Book into any other language. If you are interested in translating Adam´s Book, please contact:

Inga-Lill Björkstrand

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Adam´s Book
(In Swedish)

Order no: 1002. Price: SEK 175

 

Adam´s Book, video
(In Swedish Sign Language)

Playing time: 33 and 45 minutes
Order no: 1251. Price: SEK 340

 

Adam´s Book, video on CD
(Video and teacher´s manual on CD in Swedish)

Order no: 0920-1 (1 installation). Price: SEK 490

 

Adam´s Book, Linked Book
(In Swedish Sign Language)

Order no: 0952-1 (1 installation). Price: SEK 490

 

 

Freight charge is not included.

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