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

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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/28/2018
ISBN: 9781534410978
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.30w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2018
School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 89
Publishers Weekly 07/16/2018
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 62
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 114
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197008 / How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5