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

by Jacqueline Tourville and Amy Guglielmo

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153441097X
• ISBN13: 9781534410978
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3