Welcome to the grown-ups’ bit of our free Signed Stories website! We’re making hundreds of children’s stories available - accessible in British Sign Language AND in text, pictures and sound.

A fun, shared experience for all the family, the website will expand constantly. Please keep visiting to find new books and resources. We’ll add BSL access and subtitles to parts of the PCT section too.

Why Signed Stories?

Signed Stories has a very simple goal – to help improve the literacy of deaf children nationwide by allowing them to share in the joy of storytelling.

It’s also designed to provide useful advice and guidance for the parents, carers and teachers of deaf children; and for the deaf parents of hearing children.

Books enrich all our lives – they’re a vital part of a happy childhood. We thank all the writers, illustrators and publishers who have made them freely available, the sponsors and the celebrities who are supporting this not-for-profit venture, and the many organisations collaborating with us. 

Everyone – deaf or hearing – can use Signed Stories. Please keep coming back to see new books as they arrive, and please tell your friends and work colleagues about this free website.

The reading of books with your child is one of the most important and enjoyable ways of spending time together. It leads to surprising and stimulating shared conversations between the two.  Unfortunately this experience is often absent in the lives of deaf children, and a whole world of the sharing of books and stories is missing. With Signed Stories deaf children can watch and listen to great books with their family or friends, allowing them all to share the joy of stories, together.