Reviews

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

llhensel's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

kcrouth's review

5.0

This is the second book i've read by Dr. Temple Grandin. I enjoy her insights and wisdom, coming from the perspective of living with autism and from working with animals all her life. But i especially love her compassion and humanity towards all animals. We can learn so much by allowing her to share her view of the world with us. This is not a scientific text, nor is it non-scientific. The author mixes academic research and knowledge with many personal anecdotes which help illustrate her views and message. I enjoyed this book very much, and learned a lot about animals and about myself. I'm looking forward to reading more books by Dr. Grandin.

kssntigger's review

4.0

I love everything Temple Grandin has written. This book helped explain why my cat goes from normal to psycho kitty at the blink of an eye.

mbs76's review

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

hufflepuffbiologybuff's review

5.0

A prospective and and insightful read. Lines up with much of what I read in other books but learned a lot from this book.
Grandin makes everything interesting and understandable.

santropezrose's review

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

alese's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

margyly's review

3.0

Interesting, though weird, both about autistic people and animals.

lisaortiz1221's review

4.0

every human being who has/will come in contact with animals should read this book. grandin takes complex concepts such as human and animal psychology, physiology and neurology and translates them into well constructed anecdotes. at times funny, and at times eye opening, this book is the one guidebook i would recommend to living peacefully with animals.

if you've ever wondered why animals behave the way they do, or if you've ever wanted to consider how much animals can tell us about ourselves, run to the bookstore now and get this book!

palmsey's review

5.0

Loved it - a fascinating story every few pages. I have lots of pages dog-eared for future reference.