Jack & The Giant Beanstalk

"Jack and the Giant Beanstalk" is a classic story, now told in American Sign Language with a fun twist!

This interactive and ASL/English bilingual storybook app reimagines the classic fairytale from a Deaf culture perspective!

With delightful storytelling by Alexander Antsiferov and timeless artwork by Pamela Macias, this storybook app is for the whole family by bridging literacy with imagination.

 
 

ALEXANDER ANTSIFEROV — Storyteller

PAMELA MACIAS — Artist


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FEATURES

  • Rich Deaf culture elements enhancing the classic story—told in both ASL and English!

  • Child-friendly navigation for effortless exploration

  • Incredibly captivating artwork by a Deaf artist

  • Detailed animation of the full story to build ASL comprehension

  • Direct English to ASL vocabulary translations, embedded throughout the story

  • Offers over 160+ ASL vocabulary words

  • Designed on cutting-edge research in bilingualism and visual learning, affirming success in literacy development for both ASL and English

 

Special THANKS TO:

Tayla Newman, Sarah Miller, Alexander Antsiferov, Pamela Macias, Felicia Williams, Silvia Palmieri, Yiqiao Wang and Claire Ruiz-Tucker.

This project was made possible by the National Science Foundation funded Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning at Gallaudet University.

 
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