Mosca, J. F. (2017). The girl who thought in pictures: The story of Dr. Temple Grandin. The Innovation Press.
Genre: Picture Book Biography
This book follows the life of Dr. Temple Grandin, a woman with Autism who grows up to be an inventor. Dr. Grandin was nonverbal for most of her life and growing up she hated loud places, itchy clothes, and tight hugs. After some speech therapy, she starts to talk and starts to attend a school where she is bullied and picked on. One day she gets kicked out after throwing a book at a classmate and she spends time on her aunt's farm where she develops a love for animals. Later, she attends a new school and starts to invent new technology for farm animals such as the curved cattle chute system. Soon her new technology was built on farms and farmers call her the grandest of all.
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