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Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world

2012

Format:	Book
Author:	Montgomery, Sy.
Title:	Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world / by Sy Montgomery.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Description:	148 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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.
Subjects:	Grandin, Temple -- Juvenile literature. 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.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references 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.
LCCN:	2011039911
ISBN:	9780547443157 0547443153
Other Number:	744293667
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	320765
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Call Number:	j BIO Grandin

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