Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world / by Sy Montgomery.
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TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012Description: 148 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 9780547443157Subject(s): Grandin, Temple -- Juvenile literature | Grandin, Temple | Animal scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Animal specialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Women animal specialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Autistic people -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Animal welfare -- United States -- Juvenile literature | Livestock -- Handling -- United States -- Juvenile literature | Livestock -- Housing -- United States -- Juvenile literature | Animal scientists | Animal specialists | Women -- Biography | Autistic people | Animal welfare | Livestock -- Handling | Livestock -- HousingDDC classification: 636/.0092/9 | B LOC classification: SF33.G67 | M66 2012
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Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of Temple Grandin, whose childhood diagnosis of autism and love of cows led her to revolutionize the livestock industry.
Senses on fire -- The animals' advocate -- What is autism? -- Different but happy -- Trial by teasing -- Hampshire School for wayward wizards -- "Animals saved me" -- Scientist at work -- "No girls allowed" -- Humane by design -- To hell and back -- The other half of the solution -- Temple today.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138), filmography (p. 138), and index.
Senses on fire -- The animals' advocate -- What is autism? -- Different but happy -- Trial by teasing -- Hampshire School for wayward wizards -- "Animals saved me" -- Scientist at work -- "No girls allowed" -- Humane by design -- To hell and back -- The other half of the solution -- Temple today.
School Library Journal starred, April 2012
Library Media Connection starred, November 2012
Booklist, March 2012
Horn Book, March 2012
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2012
Kirkus Review, February 2012
Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), November 2012
Examines the life and accomplishments of Temple Grandin, whose childhood diagnosis of autism and love of cows led her to revolutionize the livestock industry.
960 Lexile.
7.0.
5-8 Follett School Solutions.
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