How to Build a Hug

Name: How to Build a Hug
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SKU: 9781534410978
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Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine

By Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville

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How to Build a Hug is a delightful children's book that explores the story of Temple Grandin, a pioneering figure in animal science who is on the autism spectrum. Young Temple is unique in the way she interacts with the world and finds traditional hugs overwhelming. Instead of typical hugs, Temple invents a special "hug machine" to meet her needs for comfort, showcasing her creativity and resilience.
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This charming children's book may appeal to you if you're interested in learning about the imaginative inventions of a young Temple Grandin. It's a heartwarming story that celebrates creativity, empathy, and the unique ways we can show love and understanding toward others.

How to Build a Hug

This picture book tells the inspiring true story of autism advocate Dr. Temple Grandin and her brilliant invention: the hug machine. Full color.

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Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Giselle Potter come together to tell the inspiring story of autism advocate Dr. Temple Grandin and her brilliant invention: the hug machine.

As a young girl, Temple Grandin loved folding paper kites, making obstacle courses, and building lean-tos. But she really didn’t like hugs. Temple wanted to be held—but to her, hugs felt like being stuffed inside the scratchiest sock in the world; like a tidal wave of dentist drills, sandpaper, and awful cologne, coming at her all at once. Would she ever get to enjoy the comfort of a hug?

Then one day, Temple had an idea. If she couldn’t receive a hug, she would make one… she would build a hug machine!

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How to Build a Hug by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville explores Temple Grandin's childhood and her first innovation, the hug machine, with respect and enthusiasm. The book highlights Grandin's creativity, sensitivity to sensory inputs, and eventual triumph in inventing a device to provide comfort. Illustrations by Potter effectively convey Grandin's intelligence and social challenges, capturing her experience with warm, folk art-style imagery. The narrative avoids directly mentioning autism, though additional information on Grandin's life and impact on autism awareness is provided in the back matter.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781534410978

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 August 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Illustration: f-c jkt (fx: spot gloss+emboss on matte)+int. ill; reflective

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Illustrated by Giselle Potter

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 501g

Pages: 48

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Amy Guglielmo Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jacqueline Tourville

About the Author

Amy Guglielmo lives a life in pictures. In addition to writing about art, artists, and makers, she is a painter, teacher, and supporter of arts education for children of all ages. Amy once created a Barbie house, equipped with a working elevator, and she is an A-plus hugger. She lives with her husband on the Adirondack coast of Lake Champlain. You can visit Amy online at AmyGuglielmo.com.

Jacqueline Tourville’s experience working with children with autism as a public school teacher opened her eyes to the importance of inclusive stories for kids. The author of Albie’s First Word: A Tale Inspired by Albert Einstein’s Childhood and coauthor with Amy Guglielmo of Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire and Like a Rainbow: The Colorful Story of Cyndi Lauper, Jacqueline lives in Maine with her family. Ask her about the miniature log cabin she once built for her cat!

Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Once Upon a Fairy Tale House by Mary Lyn Ray, Try It! by Mara Rockliff, All by Himself? by Elana K. Arnold, and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as her own Tell Me What to Dream About, This Is My Dollhouse, and The Year I Didn’t Go to School, about traveling through Italy with her parents’ puppet troupe when she was eight. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.

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