Post a local cultural or educational event that you’re involved with or plan to attend. Events may be posted by Allendale Woman’s Club members.
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AB&G Fundraisers: Mondays – June 28, July 26, and August 30. From 5 pm on, a portion of the food and drink proceeds will go to The John Fell House. For more information, call 201-783-8754. www.fellhouse.org
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4,3,2,1 Read
Autism, this year’s Hot Topic was chosen by Northern Highlands Outstanding Book Challenge readers. A culminating community book event is planned for Tuesday, September 28 at 7 pm at Northern Highlands Regional High School.
The 2 Books are:
FICTION: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.
NON–FICTION: Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
Besides being autistic, Temple Grandin earned her Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Illinois; went on to become an associate professor at Colorado State University; and wrote two books on autism, including the seminal Thinking in Pictures. When Dustin Hoffman went to research his role in Rain Man, Temple was the person he contacted. One of the most celebrated and effective animal advocates on the planet, Grandin revolutionized animal movement systems and spearheaded reform of the quality of life and humaneness of death for the cows, pigs, and chickens that Americans eat. Through Grandin Livestock Systems, she works with the country’s fast food purveyors-McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Wendys, and Burger King to monitor the conditions of animal facilities worldwide. Animals in Translation is like no other animal book because of Temple Grandin. As an animal scientist and a person with autism, her professional training and personal history have created a perspective like no other thinker in the field, and this is her exciting, groundbreaking view of the intersection of autism and animal.
