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Author Montgomery, Sy.

Title Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world / by Sy Montgomery.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2012]
©2012

Call No.CH/YA 636.00929 Montgo Tem 2012
LocationMoore Children's & Young Adult Collection

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 636.00929 Montgo Tem 2012    Available  ---
Description 147 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
age Children
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-138) and index.
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.
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.
Subject Grandin, Temple -- Juvenile literature.
Grandin, Temple.
Animal scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Animal scientists.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject 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 -- Handling.
Livestock -- Housing -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Livestock -- Housing.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9780547443157
0547443153