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Temple Grandin
- Author
- Sy Montgomery
- Narrator
- Meredith Mitchell
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2012
- Run Time
- 2 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cows and cattle, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments
What to expect
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career has revolutionized the livestock industry—each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she has designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have "normal" lives.
To achieve this unprecedented success, Temple used a unique ability: she thinks visually, the same way animals do. Because she thinks in pictures, she can see the world as a cow or a dog or a pig might see it. And so she knows that animals raised for food deserve good lives and should be treated with respect. Now she gives them their voices.
Critics Review
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“[A] lively, well-worded narrative...For librarians who struggle to find well-written biographies of women, this is a must-buy.”
School Library Journal (starred review)
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“The true story of Dr. Temple Grandin’s long journey from autistic child to professor of animal science is articulately delivered in this audiobook biography. In a distinctive voice, Meredith Mitchell describes Grandin’s ability to think visually, which led to her ability to comprehend how animals view their experiences.”
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“Montgomery’s book not only tells the powerful story of one amazing womans life journey but also has potential to help readers understand autistic people and [understand] animals.”
Horn Book
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“The biography of an exceptional woman who, remarkably, made use of her condition to discover her calling and changed her own and many animals’ lives…A well written, admiring, and thought-provoking portrait.”
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Details
- Author
- Sy Montgomery
- Narrator
- Meredith Mitchell
- Duration
- 2 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2012
- ISBN
- 9781620641699
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cows and cattle, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments
Synopsis
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career has revolutionized the livestock industry—each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she has designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have "normal" lives. To achieve this unprecedented success, Temple used a unique ability: she thinks visually, the same way animals do. Because she thinks in pictures, she can see the world as a cow or a dog or a pig might see it. And so she knows that animals raised for food deserve good lives and should be treated with respect. Now she gives them their voices.
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