A Communication Book for Kids | Let's Talk Together!

Speech. Sign. Gestures. Core boards. High-tech AAC. Eye gaze. Braille. Children communicate in many wonderful ways — and most books only name one. Let's Talk Together! names them all.

This gentle, direct-instruction picture book walks children through 15 real ways we communicate, one friendly page at a time: "When we point at a printed grid of pictures and words, we are using an AAC core board." Every page celebrates a different mode — including the ones non-speaking kids use every day — so every child in the room sees their way of talking on the page.

Inside the book, children will learn the words for:

• Thinking, conversation, and teaching or sharing
  
• Speech and verbal communication, gestures, and expressions
  
• Sign language and Braille
  
• Communication cards and picture exchange
  
• AAC core boards, high-tech AAC, and eye-gaze AAC
  
• Communication boards — and writing, texting, or typing

Written by someone who lives it. Author Laurel McIntosh is an autistic mom of four unique autistic kids — some who use speech, and one who uses an AAC. This book was written for kids like hers, in the identity-first language her community uses about itself.

Made for the people who need it most:

• SLPs & special educators — a ready-made peer-awareness lesson for your AAC users' classrooms; print thefull letter-size PDF and read it whole-class
  
• Parents & siblings — the explainer that shows how your child communicates, in words the whole family canshare
  
• Inclusive classrooms & homeschool — pairs with our print-and-go worksheets (with answer key) for acomplete communication unit

Product details: 20 pages · full letter size (8.5" × 11") · print-at-home PDF or read on screen · 1st Edition, October 2026, Calamus Press · K-Grade 5 
Take the learning further: pair it with the Let's Talk Together! Coloring Book and the Worksheets Bundle with Answer Key — or get all three in the Complete Communication Bundle.