This is an interesting nonfiction written by the famous animal scientist, Temple Grandin. It is part craft book, part memoir and part motivational handbook. In it Grandin talks about projects that she did as a young person, and how they helped prepared her to be an inventor and scientist as an adult. She also discusses challenges she faced as a person with autism and how doing science and crafts helped her gain self confidence. As she discusses the projects she did, she gives instructions how the reader can make the same or similar project.The writing in this book is disarmingly candid. Grandin talks about her struggles and her victories with equal honesty and sprinkled with rather dry and delightful humor. The craft projects are grouped roughly by theme: paper crafts, projects about flight, projects about simple machines, etc. Some of the projects are as simple as drawing a basic optical illusion. Others are very complex and require specialized materials to complete. The difference in difficulty level makes it so that there is likely to be something for everyone. I really enjoyed reading this book and I truly admire Ms Grandin. If I still had kids at home I would have spent the afternoon today trying out some of her craft ideas with them. No wonder this title has received a number of starred reviews. (2018, 228 p.)
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