The Education of Koko

by Francine Patterson and Eugene Linden

Book Overview

For thousannds of years humans have been fascinated with the possiblilty of talking with animals. This book tells the story of Koko and the project to teach her how to understand sign language. She... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030461014
• ISBN13: 9780030461019
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Well written, informative and in many places humorous, this book never becomes too dull so that it bores the reader nor does it become a fluff piece. I would strongly recommend this to anyone interested in psychology, ASL, evolutionary psychology or great apes. It's a great find!

An awesome book for Animal Lovers!

If you're an animal lover you will adore this book. I am going to be a zoology major... hopefully primatology and adored this book. Dr. Patterson does a great job describing the ways Koko, a lowland gorilla, learns to adapt to speak American Sign Language. Can you imagine speaking to a sweet gorilla? I loved this book and recommend it to anyone! Also there are some really cute, detailed pictures.(...)