num_pages: 48
description: 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 didnt like hugs. Temple wanted to be heldbut 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 couldnt receive a hug she would make oneshe would build a hug machine!
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title: How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine
publisher: S&S/Atheneum