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 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!
Full Product Details
Author: Amy Guglielmo ,
Jacqueline Tourville ,
Giselle Potter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.501kg
ISBN: 9781534410978
ISBN 10: 153441097
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 28 August 2018
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A picture book explores Temple Grandin's first innovation, a personalized hug machine.... Guglielmo and Tourville present Grandin's story with respect and enthusiasm....lovely. --Kirkus Reviews Potter's watercolors . . . convey Grandin's intelligence, inventiveness and social challenges, emphasizing both her intense reaction to hyperstimulation and her calm demeanor under situational control. An author's note offers additional information on Grandin's life and the innovative therapies deriving from her 'hug machine.' Although readers interested in autism will be a prime audience, this engaging title will be well received in invention-themed reading programs as well. --BCCB
Author Information
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.
