How to Build a Hug Written by Amy Guglielmo / Illustrated by Giselle Potter 96 pages / Grades 2 - 5 All grade levels will take something away from this real story about Temple Grandin, a celebrated scientist and autism advocate who inspires others to acknowledge and embrace what makes each person different and unique. C A T C H Context Arts Themes Create Heart Words Temple Grandin is Giselle Potter is a Embracing your Think about Author’s Note: “I use known around the celebrated children’s unique self. something you do not my mind to solve world for her work author, having like that everyone problems and invent and advocacy for illustrated numerous Finding ways to solve else you know does things - Temple awareness of autism. books. Her style is problems that work like. Try to recognize Grandin” Being a person with uniquely her own - a for you / alternate WHY you don’t like it. autism herself, bit of folk art, a bit solutions. Can you create/ Last page: “I’m into Temple has learned childlike and design/build hugging people how to use her own whimsical, yet always Accepting and something to let you now.” experiences to captivating. What is it tolerating other’s experience it in a way celebrate and about this artist, different learning and that would work for pgs 30-31: “It’s a acknowledge the whose work is a bit living styles. you? Celebrate this snuggle apparatus… ways in which she is different, that aligns part of you - don’t It’s a hug machine.” different from so nicely with the Creative thinking hide it! others, a skill we story of Temple could all learn from. Grandin? Understanding others Think of an abstract concept (like a hug). It is through seeing Temple Grandin Being self-sufficient Create a list of what other people thinks in pictures. “definitions” for it as enjoy and wanting a What would that be you try to understand similar experience like. Discuss creativity. what it really means. that Temple uses her How do students Turn this into a poem. own creativity and think? Do some see Uses pages 12-13 as design thinking words in their head? examples. capabilities to create Pictures? Both? her own comforts. The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM.