What I didn’t expect was how brilliantly the new edition of this classic helps readers navigate the choppy social waters of the modern physical and digital world. Written by Post’s descendants, the new book pays homage to those that came before, but is strengthened by the inclusion of modern social pitfalls such as unfriending someone in the social networking realm, and assisting teens with pressures of cyberbullying and sexting trends. Although I haven’t completed all 698 pages of the work, I put it down feeling I’d learned not only which fork I should pick up first, but also how to be a better young professional and woman.

Interested in learning more about the original Emily Post? The library owns an engrossing biography written by Laura Claridge that takes readers through Emily’s handling of her own scandals and rise to stardom as a manners expert.

If you’re interested in opening up a manners discussion with your kids, check out Jennifer LaRue Huget’s Thanks a LOT, Emily Post! This picture book takes a humorous look at Emily Post’s work but includes lots of  situations that will spark a conversation about proper behavior.

For many of us, scanning 698 pages for the right answer or needed inspiration doesn’t fit into the daily schedule. The Emily Post Institute maintains a fabulous and easy to navigate website that features categorized etiquette help and the easy to use Etipedia that allows browsing for the curious and keyword searching for the determined or desperate.

Finally, check out the blog Emily Post’s Etiquette Daily which is moderated by The Emily Post Institute and fields questions from everyday Americans hoping to handle uncomfortable situations with grace.

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To celebrate this exciting, important event the library and other places around town have been hosting writing workshops and discussions of some of Oates’ work, but the finale discussion is coming up this Saturday, May 12th, 2:00 p.m. in the Main Meeting Room here at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. We’re calling it “Everybody Reads Joyce Carol Oates” and it’s just an open discussion of any and all of the author’s oeuvre that will be led by instructor Liz Delf from the OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film.  Read anything by Oates or come ready to listen and learn about her books with fellow community members.  Some delicious pastries donated by New Morning Bakery will be served.

If you haven’t had a chance to pick anything up by Joyce Carol Oates, now is your chance.  She’s a highly prolific, distinctly American, immensely talented writer.  She’s written over 50 books including novels, short stories, poetry collections, even plays.  Many of her stories are haunting and will linger with you a long time as her characters often find themselves dealing with such things as violence, neglect, and abuse (though she doesn’t usually portray any of this graphically).   She’s excellent at suspense and her works are often gripping and sometimes terrifying.  She isn’t afraid to deal with social and psychological issues and her works are often profound reflections on American society and human nature.

Here are some recommended Oates titles and a few articles and interviews to get you pumped about Wednesday and Saturday   I really hope you’ll join us and come witness the power of folks getting together to talk about reading – there’s nothing like it!

BOOKS

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl
Oates has written a few novels for young adults including this very popular title about a high school boy that makes a joking threat that his school officials take very seriously. Only one girl, Ursula aka Ugly Girl, knows the truth and is willing to help him. A coming of age type of novel about surviving high school that we had an awesome teen discussion of last week!

Blonde
A fictional work of the personal life of Marilyn Monroe that is dramatic, engrossing, and true to the woman.

Mudwoman
Oates’ latest effort about a woman that fought hard to rise above her childhood into a successful academic career and what happens when the past and the present collide.

My Sister, My Love
A fictional tale based on the JonBenet Ramsey murder.

We Were the Mulvaneys
The Oprah book club pick and bestseller about a picture perfect family and its demise.

A Widow’s Story
A beautiful memoir about the grief Oates experiences after losing her husband of 48 years.

WEBSITES & ARTICLES

Charlie Rose: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates
A 1996 interview

Joyce Carol Oates Interview in The Guardian
The author discusses her new book,Mudwoman.

A Woman’s Work: Questions for Joyce Carol Oates
A quick and witty interview with the New York Times Magazine

Posted by Bonnie, a Second Floor Librarian

Casper after a swim and holding my empty coffee cup

As a proud adoptive mother of a four-year old Newfoundland dog named Casper, one of my favorite things to do is take her along for a hike and a swim. (We both hike, but Casper loves to swim. I throw sticks and she retrieves them. She is a working dog, so she likes having a job to do!)

We’re lucky in Corvallis/Benton County. We are within easy driving distance to many beautiful trails with wonderful views. When Casper and I set out to hike, we discover new sights and sounds every time.

Where to go?

If you and your best (furry) friend also enjoy hiking, but are wondering where to go, Ellen Morris Bishop has a wonderful book in the series “Best Hikes with Dogs”, tailored to Oregon. We have four copies of this popular item. If you and your dog are traveling to Arizona, Western Washington, Central California, or Inland Northwest, we have those books here too. They’re full of dog-friendly hikes, complete with detailed descriptions, maps and directional information. For those of you with water dogs, they have information about swim-friendly hikes too.

How to prepare?

Gary Hoffman”s book, Dogs on the trail: hiking, camping and traveling with your dog offers helpful advice for hiking trips. It’s a nice, basic, short read that explains the do’s and don’ts of hiking with a dog. Chapters cover equipment, first aid, trail etiquette, weather preparation and more. Reading Hoffman’s book will get you prepared for an enjoyable retreat with Fido.

Other fun reads:

Ruffing It: the complete guide to camping with dogs / Mardi Richmond.

A guide to backpacking with your dog / Charlene G. LaBelle.

Hiking with dogs: Six feet are better than two / John Bell, special writer to the Oregonian.

From Backpacker Magazine, The Manual: take your dog hiking. This is a succinct article about preparing for hiking with Fido.

Dogs Allowed Hikes – Corvallis, Oregon. This is a link from a community-generated site, LocalHikes.com where a team of volunteer “reporters” gather information on hikes and post them to this website. Click on the “dogs allowed hikes” on the left-hand side, under “metro quick search” for a list of dog-friendly trails.

Posted by Lindy, a second floor librarian.

	Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long By Eliot Coleman With Austin, Texas’ year-round harvests being no problem at all, I’ve definitely wondered about the possibility of a four season harvest in my new climate. I didn’t have to look any further than Eliot Coleman’s book. Here Coleman has included just about every tip and trick imaginable for making your harvest last all year long. His strategies are reasonable, cost-effective, and very smart. Even if you don’t really care about making your harvest last all year long, this book surely has some insights or tips you can use.
	Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades By Steve Solomon This is truly the ultimate gardening guide for this region. Everything is included from soil preparation to harvesting. The level of detail and specificity to this area make it an absolute must have for anyone gardening vegetables in Corvallis. Try his other book too, Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food In Hard Times.
	The Resilent Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times By Carol Deppe Because Deppe is from Corvallis, I bet many of you have already heard of this one, but I just discovered it. Deppe addresses gardening in unstable weather conditions and environments and points to five crops that store well and are versatile. She recommends plant varieties perfect for Corvallis and avoids crops those with gluten intolerance do not eat. Her writing style is engaging and full of personal anecdotes making for one of the best gardening books I’ve ever read.
	Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens By Barbara Pleasant This book is absolutely perfect for a beginning vegetable gardener. The plans included are very detailed including nice diagrams.  Each plan starts with year 1 and then slowly builds up to year 3 making these plans as simple or as complex as you’d like them to be.  Also included are a great number of excellent tips on organic gardening practices including insect and weed management.  For anyone looking at their yard or garden space and wondering where to start, this book will set you up with a precise plan.

Posted by Bonnie, a second floor librarian

Stan Sterns' famous photograph of JFK Jr.

Stan Sterns, the photographer that captured the image of JFK Jr. saluting his father’s casket on November 25, 1963, died last week. In an article about Sterns’ passing, the New York Times provided a short account behind the photograph.

There are many memorable photographs from the past. Can you think of some that stick in your memory, lasting forever? Did they evoke a mood within you, such as anger, grief, elation, or something else indescribable? Sterns’ photograph captured a moment in time that many people can still remember to this day, able to describe in indiscriminate detail where they were, what they were doing, and the sights and smells of the moment as the image ingrained in their mind.

As we’re able to go back and relive the moment through our own perception, what about the story behind the picture? What about the people that were living that moment, forever captured on film? What ever happened to them?

Here’s a short list of a few books and DVDs that describe the story behind an iconic image:

Elizabeth and Hazel: two women of Little Rock / David Margolick. “The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation — in Little Rock and throughout the South — and an epic moment in the civil rights movement. In this gripping book, David Margolick tells the remarkable story of two separate lives unexpectedly braided together. He explores how the haunting picture of Elizabeth and Hazel came to be taken, its significance in the wider world, and why, for the next half-century, neither woman has ever escaped from its long shadow.” (Yale University Press, 2011).

Flags of our fathers / James Bradley. “The picture of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima in 1945 may be the most famous photograph of the twentieth century. Its fame was immediate, and immediately hitched to the wagon of publicity. The president summoned home the soldiers pictured to promote the government’s final bond drive of World War II. After some confusion, the men were identified, but only three of the six flag-raisers survived the Battle of Iwo Jima. The survivors became celebrities. Bradley, the son of corpsman John Bradley, probes the nature of heroism–its appearance versus the reality. The reality was what happened on Iwo Jima: an 84 percent casualty rate inflicted on the flag-raisers’ unit, Company E of the Second Battalion of the Twenty-eighth Regiment of the Fifth Division of the U.S. Marine Corps. In the course of his narrative, Bradley reconstructs Easy Company’s war, starting with background material on the men, proceeding to their enlistment in the marines (the navy, in Bradley’s case), training, landing on Iwo Jima, and fighting for Mount Suribachi, capped by the fluke of the photograph.” (Booklist, 2010).

The girl in the picture: The story of Kim Phuc, the photograph, and the Vietnam War / Denise Chong. “The horrors suffered by villagers during the Vietnam War were encapsulated in the unforgettable, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of nine-year-old Kim Phuc running naked and screaming in agony from a blast of napalm dropped by a South Vietnamese fighter plane. Chong (The Concubine’s Children) presents the story of Phuc’s miraculous recovery and the memorable life of the war victim always to be remembered as “the girl in the picture.” Phuc’s spent 13 months recovering from third-degree burns that covered 35 percent of her body. She later became a good student, but her dream of becoming a doctor was never realized because of the celebrity status given to her by the victorious Communists. Prime Minister Dong treated Phuc like a granddaughter, allowing her to attend the University of Havana in Cuba, far away from the demands of the Vietnamese government. Phuc realized that Cuba, which had fallen on economic hard times once its economic sponsor, the Soviet Union pulled out, offered no promise of a future. In 1992, she escaped to Canada. An important story vividly retold.” (Library Journal, 2010).

The tank man [dvd]. “On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tienanmen Square, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured by Western photographers, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the fight for freedom around the world. Filmmaker Antony Thomas investigates the identity, fate, and significance of the tank man.” (PBS Home Video, 2006). The full-length video is accessible online on the PBS website.

A great day in Harlem [dvd]. “A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane’s famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.” (MMV Image Entertainment, 2005).

Read More:

In our catalog, we have plenty of books about the photographers who have documented American life.

Many magazines and newspapers have wonderful photoblogs dedicated to showcasing their photographers capturing world events. My favorites:

• Boston Globe’s Big Picture
• Time Photos
• Time Lightbox
• The Guardian in Pictures
• New York Times Lens: Photography, Video and Visual Journalism
• The BBC: News in Pictures

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	Take the cannoli : stories from the New World / Sarah Vowell.  Take the Cannoli is a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene.  Vowell has an irresistible voice — caustic and sympathetic, insightful and double-edged — that has attracted a loyal following for her magazine writing and radio monologues on This American Life.
	The pursuit of Alice Thrift : a novel / Elinor Lipman.  This witty, fast paced, and unusual romance novel is the first Lipman book I read, and along with Inn at Lake Devine, remains one of my favorites.  The novel’s ridiculousness and quirky characters will lift your spirits.
	Beginner’s Greek : a novel / James Collins.  Part modern-day Jane Austen, part Tom Wolfe, Beginner’s Greek is a romantic comedy of the highest order, with characters who are perfectly, charmingly real as they swerve and stumble from fairy tale to social satire and back again.
	Some tame gazelle / by Barbara Pym.  “[T]urns a shrewd, mocking, but always affectionate eye on English country life 30 years ago. Pym’s fans will feel completely at home when they step into the Jane Austen-like lives of Harriet and Belinda Bede.”- Christian Science Monitor
	The Thurber carnival / written and illustrated by James Thurber.  James Thurber’s unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945. The Thurber Carnival captures the depth and breadth of his talent.
	Dog on it / Spencer Quinn.  In this irresistible new detective series featuring a canine narrator, Quinn speaks two languages–suspense and dog–fluently. Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and in a few places terrifying . . . [a] one-of-a-kind novel (Stephen King).
	Bossypants / Tina Fey.  From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you’re no one until someone calls you bossy.
	Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) / Mindy Kaling.  Comedy writer and actress Mindy Kaling invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood, with several conveniently placed stopping points for you to run errands and make phone calls.
	Garden spells / Sarah Addison Allen.This charming combination of chick lit, magical realism, and gardening will have you dreaming of spring.
	Me talk pretty one day / David Sedaris.  This collection of essays in which Sedaris spins embarassing moments in his life into sharp humor is laugh- out-loud funny.  His essay recounting his move to France and his humiliating struggles to learn French is one of my favorites.

Posted by Alex, a second floor librarian

Image credit: Beach rules by iko on Flickr

Here are my top three picks for those of you either considering the plunge or already swimming in an endless sea of seemingly exotic flours and grains:

Louise Blair’s Great Gluten-Free Baking: Over 80 Delicious Cakes and Bakes is not only enticing because of the engaging photography, but also due to Blair’s inclusion of flour blends to achieve better results. It is further strengthened by the diverse range of sweet and savory recipes, as well as a chapter on gluten-free baking with kids!

The work of Cake Doctor Anne Byrn is second on my list for the most obvious of reasons – how many of us really have the time to bake from scratch these days?

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The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free is a compendium of effortless recipes interspersed with quick tips and suggestions to make your creations a success. Now that gluten-free living has entered the mainstream, many gluten-free baking mixes are available at a variety of groceries and markets. Looking for something a little on the decadent side? Try the Bacardi Cake with Buttered Rum Glaze (p. 146-149) for a grown-up treat that is guaranteed to wow.

My third pick keeps in mind those baking for large audiences or cooking for households of hungry kids.

Enjoy Life’s Cookies for Everyone!: 150 Delicious Gluten-free Treats that are Safe for Most Anyone with Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivities by Leslie Hammond and Betsy Laakso devotes the first four chapters to a thorough discussion of preparing for allergen free cooking adventures. The latter half delves into cookies . Anyone hungry for some Marvelous Maple Bars or a handful of Banana Bunch Drops?

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	Truck : a love story / Michael Perry. Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track. “All I wanted to do was fix my old pickup truck,” says Michael Perry. “That, and plant my garden. Then I met this woman. . . .”
	Fate is the hunter / Ernest K. Gann. Ernest K. Gann’s classic memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days of commercial aviation. In his inimitable style, Gann brings you right into the cockpit, recounting both the triumphs and terrors of pilots who flew when flying was anything but routine.
	Burmese lessons : a true love story / Karen Connelly. Orange Prize-winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.
	My war gone by, I miss it so / Anthony Loyd. Loyd, a journalist and former officer in the British army with an admitted attraction to war and drugs, offers a stunning personal account of the war in Bosnia. Loyd traveled to Bosnia with a camera and no assignment, questioning whether he wasn’t “a sluttish dilettante day-tripping into someone else’s nightmare.”– Vannessa Bush.
	Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival / Norman Ollestad. A heart-stopping adventure that ends in tragedy and in triumphs, ["Crazy for the Storm" is] a love story that fearlessly explores the bond between a father and son and what it means to lead a life without limits.–Susan Cheever. Also available as a downloadable ebook and audiobook.

If you have a comment about one of these books we’d love to hear it.  Also, contact us if you need help placing or hold or finding one of these books.

Posted by Alex, a second floor librarian

I didn’t know a thing about comics when I first began library school.  I had never even read one.  Sometimes I’d glance over at the graphic novels with curiosity, but I had no idea what to even look at if I went near the section.  One day I got brave, walked into the library, and headed straight for the graphic novels thinking today was the day I’d actually check something out and read my first comic.  I picked up an intriguing looking book that had been placed on display.  One of my fellow classmates that worked at the library passed by, looked at me, and said of the book in my hand “that is freakin’ awesome.”  I couldn’t think of a better endorsement, so I checked it out and promptly fell in love with the graphic format.  That first “freakin’ awesome” book I read was Black Hole by Charles Burns and my classmate didn’t lie, I loved it.

It only took that one book to turn me into a graphic novel convert.  The power of the graphic format to tell a story is unparalleled.  The images in a good graphic novel add layers to the text, lending these stories a complexity and emotion you can find in some of the best literature.  And, the graphic format can be enjoyed by anyone no matter what genre you prefer; there’s narrative nonfiction, mystery, literary works, history, memoir, fantasy, sci-fi, everything.  Anyone no matter what age or reading preference can find something to love (though please note that the books listed below were selected with an adult audience in mind).  If you don’t know where to find something to love, take a look at these recommendations and links – they’re sure to help match you to a graphic novel that is “freakin’ awesome.”

BodyWorld by Dash Shaw
A fictional story about a Timothy Leary-type professor and botanist that travels to a strange town to look into a strange plant found growing behind the local school. Turns out the plant when smoked gives people telepathic powers and this discovery slowly turns the world of each character upside down.

Daytripper by Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba
Set in Brazil, different episodes in the main character’s life are depicted revealing more about him, the life he has led, and his relationships with his friends and family in this literary fiction style work. The main character’s death is also depicted in each episode encouraging all who read it to take a closer look at their own lives. The author and artist are brothers from Brazil and the stunning artwork and profound musings will impress and inspire.

Epileptic by David B.
A moving account of the author’s brother’s epilepsy and how it effects his relationship with his brother and entire family. The author is also the artist and the intricate black and white drawings are worth pausing over.

FreakAngels by Warren Ellis & Paul Duffield
You can read this for free online (or, we have volume 1 at the library). It’s by Warren Ellis, a well-respected man in the comics industry, and chronicles a post-apocalyptic world in which 12 young folks that all look eerily similar and have strange powers seem somehow responsible for. Think Village of the Damned only modern and more imaginative.

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
A powerful memoir about the author growing up in a dysfunctional family with her closeted gay father as well as her coming-of-age and lesbianism. Bechdel’s sensitive, emotional portrayal and beautiful artwork make this one of the best memoirs I’ve ever read.

Habibi by Craig Thompson
A magical, epic story following two lovers, former child slaves, through a difficult and cruel world. Thompson is best known for Blankets, a critically acclaimed memoir of his youth, and he does not disappoint in this much anticipated new book.

Locke & Key by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
This is a horror series by Joe Hill, Stephen King’s son, full of Lovecraftian influence. A family undergoes a terrible tragedy and relocates to an old family home in a small town. The house has many surprises in store and a few dark secrets it is desperate to share with the kids that now reside there.

Palestine by Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco is known for pioneering the comic journalism genre. After time spent in the Israeli-occupied territories, Sacco brings us a story of the people and the conflict there that you’ll never hear from mainstream news outlets.

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
This now famous memoir of a young girl growing up during the Iranian revolution give us a character to fall in love with (Satrapi is a precocious and amusing child) and reveals much about Iran during this tumultuous time in it’s history. If you like Persepolis, you’ll love the famous Maus by Art Spiegelman and vice versa.

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman & Various Artists
This series is required reading for any graphic novel fan. It tells us the story of Dream primarily, but also his goth sister Death and a cast of characters referred to as The Endless. It’s hard to narrow this comic down and give a nice description, but Norman Mailer once called it “a comic strip for intellectuals” and I think that’s pretty apt.

WEBSITES

Best Books of 2011: Graphic Novels
The best graphic novels of 2011 as decided by Library Journal

Drawing on Reality: Graphic Nonfiction From Bechdel to Zinn
This is an article I wrote for Library Journal about the best graphic nonfiction for libraries. It includes a list (after the article) of some of the best graphic nonfiction I know of and each title has a nice description under it, so you can find something you’ll love.  It was written with an audience of librarians in mind, so feel free to skip the article and just look at the list of recommended books.

Graphic Medicine
An excellent site maintained by Dr. Ian Williams of Wales in which he recommends graphic novels that he believes can help patients and caregivers alike in coping with illness and health conditions. Check out his lists of recommended graphic novels here and here.

The Greatest Graphic Novels of All Time
From UGO.com

New York Times Graphic Bestsellers
Still don’t see anything here that catches your fancy? The New York Times keeps a graphic bestsellers list, just scroll down toward the bottom of the page to see this week’s list.

Posted by Bonnie, a second floor librarian

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Grandin describes how a life of sensory overload – loud noises, sudden changes, and large crowds, for example, can cause an autistic person intense distress.  It’s as if the filter that most people have that prevents us from sensing and responding to more than is necessary in our environments is either not present or damaged in an autistic person.  The movie provides many glimpses into Grandin’s mind as she becomes more and more able to relate how her thinking works.  What is clear to me after watching, is that autism was and still is a completely misunderstood disorder.

As a child, Grandin’s mother was told that they should institutionalize her.  Luckily for her, the animal world, and us, her family did not listen and persisted with her education.  The road was not without great challenges for Temple and her family, but I think her life is  a wonderful example of how not writing one’s intelligence off because they do not function “normally” is imperative.  We are only yet to understand this complicated disorder and, until we do, understanding, love, patience, and kindness seems to have the potential to help unlock the autistic mind.

We have everything you need at the library (and know how to point you to the best of the ‘net!) to learn more about Temple Grandin and her accomplishments as well as autism:

BOOKS

Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin

Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism by Temple Grandin & Kate Duffy

Humane Livestock Handling by Temple Grandin & Mark Deesing

Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports From My Life With Autism by Temple Grandin

The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism by Temple Grandin & Sean Barron

WEBSITES

Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence
My nephew is autistic so someone forwarded me this powerful story about Carly. It’s an amazing short piece that really demonstrates how intelligent and capable many people afflicted with this disorder are.

A Conversation with Temple Grandin (NPR)
This is the first I had heard of Dr. Grandin back in 2006 and the interview is fascinating.

Dr. Temple Grandin’s Official Autism Website
This website links to all of Dr. Grandin’s presentations, books, articles, and more on autism. You can also ask Dr. Grandin questions about autism and she’ll respond on the website.

Dr. Temple Grandin’s Web Page
This page links to Dr Grandin’s works about animals and her designs for the humane slaughter of livestock.

In Depth with Temple Grandin
A video interview from C-SPAN BookTV

Temple Grandin: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds
A TED talk by Grandin in which she discusses how her mind works and the world’s need for many different types of minds.

Posted by Bonnie, a second floor librarian