Argues that many children who cannot seem to fit in and make friends are suffering from an inability to use and understand nonverbal communication such as facial expressions, postures, gestures, interpersonal distance, andtone of voice; and offers advice to parents and other adults on how to help children correct the problem, or know when to seek professional help.
An introduction to various symbols, signals, and ways of sending messages that may be used to communicate information. Includes such things as alphabet, bells, facial expressions, flags, and smoke signals.
Presents interpretations of informal body language from around the world, focusing on the meaning, action, background, and locality of each gesture, along with an illustration.
Discusses how ways to communicate have changed throughout history from cave paintings to rock pictures to clay tablets to paper. Includes information on how ancient communication forms helped to create modern communication technology.
Presents an overview of the types, functions, and meanings of body language, how it is used by people in different professions, and some of the differences in interpreting body language in other countries and cultures.
