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Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world / by Sy Montgomery ; foreword by Temple Grandin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montgomery, Sy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Animal scientists.
- Animal specialists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Animal specialists.
- Women animal specialists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Women animal specialists.
- Autistic people--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Autistic people.
- Animal welfare--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Animal welfare.
- Livestock--Handling--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Livestock.
- Livestock--Housing--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Women--Biography.
- Livestock--Handling.
- Livestock--Housing.
- Animals--Treatment.
- Grandin, Temple--Juvenile literature.
- Grandin, Temple.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 148 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
- Summary:
- An authorized portrait about Grandin's life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Notable Children's Book 2013
- National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Book K-12, 2013
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, 2013
- Originally published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children in 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-138) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: Montgomery, Sy. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, ©2012
- ISBN:
- 0544339096
- 9780544339095
- OCLC:
- 744293667
- Publisher Number:
- 99990724711
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