icon
Image from Google Jackets
Image from OpenLibrary

How Stella learned to talk : the groundbreaking story of the world's first talking dog / Christina Hunger.

By: Publisher: London : Bluebird Books for Life, 2022Edition: Paperback editionDescription: x, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529053913
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 636.70887 H 936
Summary: When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn't take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. So if dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn't they be able to say words to us? Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a button programmed with her voice to say the word 'outside' when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. Stella now has a bank of more than 30 word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences. This part memoir and part how-to guide chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together.
Item type: كتاب
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
كتاب كتاب Central Library المكتبة المركزية 636.70887 H936 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available قاعة الكتب 48425

"Includes tips on how to teach your dog" -- Cover.

Originally published: New York : William Morrow, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn't take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. So if dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn't they be able to say words to us? Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a button programmed with her voice to say the word 'outside' when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. Stella now has a bank of more than 30 word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences. This part memoir and part how-to guide chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together.