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How to Build a Hug

by Amy Guglielmo

Illustrator: Giselle Potter

Ages: 6+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-5344-1097-8

Keywords: Neuro-diversity, Farm animals, Autism spectrum, Diversity, STEM

Autism made Temple hypersensitive and unable to give or receive the hugs that others enjoyed, so she invented a clever machine. Watercolor illustrations.