The Creation Story: In Words and Sign Language

By John P. Audia

In The Creation Story, Deacon John P. Audia provides children with a simple version of the classic story of Creation illustrated in word and sign. Through engaging full-color images and rhyming verses he captures the attention of children, both deaf and hearing, and reminds them that God is living in them and that they are a special part of God's creation. This story is a first step in helping children to understand that when God speaks we all can hear. The Creation Story provides a way for parents and children to share not only the story but also the different signs that are used to tell the story. It is the ideal book for those looking to help encourage both adults and children to deepen their faith and serves as a learning tool to expose them to American Sign Language (ASL), the universal language for the hearing impaired. It also gives hearing children a head start on a bilingual education and offers potential to improve literacy skills by introducing them to the benefits of sign. John P. Audia is a hearing Deacon from the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. He is in ministry with The Pastoral Ministry for the Deaf and serves as Chaplain for the Deaf community. He is a member of The Sign of the Cross Council, the only Deaf Knights of Columbus Council in the world. David Spohn is a printmaker, children's book writer/illustrator and the senior art director of the Hazelden Foundation's publishing division. Over the past two decades, he has designed and illustrated hundreds of books. He has written and illustrated several children's picture books of his own, including Nate's Treasure, Winter Wood, Starry Night, and Home Field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814631746
• ISBN13: 9780814631744
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Children will enjoy this book

Deacon John P. Audia is a hearing Deacon from the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. He is very involved with deaf ministry, however, serving as Chaplain for the Deaf Community. In "The Creation Story: In Words and Sign Language," he has worked with illustrator David Spohn to create a simple, beautiful book designed to introduce children to both the Biblical creation story as well as the American Sign Language needed to tell the story. The creation story is retold in poetic form, with each of the seven days having its own page. For example, on the first day, God created Heaven and Earth for you and me. Earth began in nothing but darkness, wind, and sea. Then Earth became bright as "God created light." On the facing page is a simple illustration of what was created that day. The colors used are very calming, predominantly blues, which make this a very relaxing book to look at. Children will love to look at the pictures and to learn the signs while at the same time gaining a deeper appreciation for God's act of creation.