Julia Finley Mosca
Author of The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures can be used in an elementary level classroom as a powerful read aloud. This book goes through the story of a girl with a disability who thinks differently than other students and her struggles with it. This book can teach students about disabilities, especially autism and things they may struggle with.
I think this book can be for the primary level and intermediate level. the story of this book is about a little girl who has autism and some people do not understand why she is the way she is. She struggles at first with it but slowly learns how to move forward with it and her special interests. She eventually invents something for cows and becomes popular for her work.
Biographical picture book on the life of the engineer Temple Grandin. Temple faced bullying as a child but discovers her unique ability to design solutions when she moves out west to live with an aunt. This book does a great job at covering real aspects of her life as a person with autism(being non verbal, struggling to socialize). However, I’d be careful if reading with the class to also show other representation of autistic individuals without savant syndrome. Would use for a historical persons or inclusivity read with lower/mid elementary.… (more)
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- Works
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- Rating
- 4.5
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- 154
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awards:
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award
Grand Canyon Reader Award
NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book