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Big Al

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Big Al just wants to make friends. But because Big Al is large and scary-looking, the little fish are afraid of him. Then one frightening day, a fishing net captures the other fish, Big Al gets the chance to prove what a wonderful friend he can be. Part of the Sign Language Storytelling Series.

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Runtime: 8 minutes 50 seconds

Topic: Literature, Sign Language, Social Science
Subtopic: ASL Storytelling, Children's Literature, Friendship
Grade/Interest Level: Ps - 5
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Release Year: 2011
Producer/Distributor: Weston Woods Studios
Series: Sign Language Storytelling
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Man smiles and tilts his head down to the side as he gestures with his hands. Color illustration of 5 monkeys putting on pajamas fills as backdrop. Caption. 5 little monkeys put on their pajamas.

Man smiles with his mouth open and turns to the side as he gestures with his hands. Pixelated image of a fish is on backdrop. Caption. You could not find a nicer fish.

Woman tilts her head back and closes her eyes. She parts her lips and holds her hand loosely in front of her. Behind her is a color illustration of a girl surrounded by stuffed animals in bed as backdrop. Caption. At night, when the lights go out.

Woman grimaces and gestures with hands. Backdrop depicts a color illustration of a bird and a worm swinging on a wooden swing with surprised expressions.

Man in glasses purses lips and holds up a fist with a thumb pointed towards himself. Color illustration of a boy in pajamas with a worried expression fills the background. Caption. 1 creature was stirring, that creature was me!

Title card on white background reads, "The Described and Captioned Media Program provides services designed to benefit students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind."

Woman purses her lips and gestures with both hands. The backdrop depicts a color illustration of a purple gorilla holding 3 bananas and opening 1 with his foot. 2 men in yellow uniforms hold bananas and stand next to the gorilla.

Woman holds up fingers of 1 hand to form a bracket. She stands behind an illustrated black and white window with a moon hovering to her side. Caption. Goodnight moon.

Viewer Comments

Theresa T. (Jeffersonville, IN)

November 26th, 2019 at 11:23 PM

I really enjoyed watching this video. The guy signing (I don't recall his name) is incredibly expressive. I'm not fluent in ASL, but it's my daughter's language and watching ASL interpreters helps me learn her language better.
Christina Z. (Milford, KS)

October 23rd, 2018 at 01:18 PM

really cute story great for children
PATRICIA M. (Riverside, CA)

October 12th, 2016 at 03:43 PM

Great to see this story signed in ASL so clearly.