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Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world
- Title
- Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world / by Sy Montgomery.
- Author
- Montgomery, Sy.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 13-327 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 147 p. : col. ill.; 26 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
- Animal specialists
- Autistic people
- Animal scientists
- Women animal specialists
- Livestock > Handling
- Animal welfare
- Livestock > Housing
- Grandin, Temple
- Animal specialists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Autistic people > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Animal scientists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women animal specialists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Grandin, Temple > Juvenile literature
- Women > Biography
- Livestock > Handling > United States > Juvenile literature
- Animal welfare > United States > Juvenile literature
- Livestock > Housing > United States > Juvenile literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
- Call Number
- JFF 13-327
- ISBN
- 9780547443157 (hc.)
- 0547443153 (hc.)
- 9780544339095 (paperback)
- 0544339096 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2011039911
- OCLC
- 744293667
- Author
- Montgomery, Sy.
- Title
- Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world / by Sy Montgomery.
- Imprint
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 13-327