{"product_id":"the-hungry-little-gopher-featuring-american-sign-language-9781736653517","title":"The Hungry Little Gopher: Featuring American Sign Language","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn this story\/song, readers can SING and SIGN along!\u003c\/strong\u003eFour kids want to plant a vegetable garden, but an adult worries that backyard animals will eat all the vegetables - especially the hungry little gopher! Should the kids plant a garden anyway?Comical \u003cstrong\u003eillustrations that integrate American Sign Language\u003c\/strong\u003e (ASL) - \u003cstrong\u003eby Deaf illustrator, D.E. West\u003c\/strong\u003e - will have little readers laughing, singing and learning ASL on each page. Readers will delight at the kids' compassionate solution to the gopher problem. Bonus pages include: \u003cstrong\u003e Sheet music for \"The Hungry Little Gopher\" \u003c\/strong\u003esong \u0026amp; \"Featured ASL,\" a \u003cstrong\u003eglossary of 25 ASL signs\u003c\/strong\u003e that characters use in the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolfi, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Laura Carolfi is a children's book author who loves gardening with her four children in her New Jersey backyard. She wrote this story\/song about the real hungry little gopher who ate tomatoes from her vegetable garden. Sparrows, chipmunks, and rabbits try to get into her garden, too, and the squirrels were delighted one year when she grew corn in the driveway! Laura has previously published the bilingual children's grief picture book, Tower in the Stars\/Torre en las estrellas.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest, D. E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - D.E. West is a Deaf illustrator, graphic designer, creative designer, and publisher. His paintings, drawings and photography have been exhibited at national exhibitions and galleries, including the US Capitol and the International Photography Hall of Fame. West co-owns a book publishing and design company and resides in the Kansas City area with his family, a dog named Patty, and two guinea pigs named Poe and Percy.","brand":"Laura Carolfi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623967785234,"sku":"9781736653517","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9227ea76-fef9-43e5-a831-6f9c900abc34.jpg?v=1758650315","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hungry-little-gopher-featuring-american-sign-language-9781736653517","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}