title: How to Hug
author:  Maryann Macdonald 
description: PreS-Gr 1 Macdonald asks readers to consider the ins and outs of hugging, including whom to hug (porcupines are too prickly, for instance), how, and when. The author offers good advice, such as, Never hug anyone who s angry. It can take time to get over it, so just be patient. The book could be used for preschoolers learning to respect the personal space and boundaries of others. Christy s digitally rendered illustrations have a warm and fuzzy quality that enhances and elevates the text. The expressive kids and animals faces reinforce the moods and feelings depicted in each statement. --School Library Journal, April, 2011
zlib_text: Holder’s point of view
  
  
  Saturday, September 1st, 2012.
  
  
  9:10 p.m.
  
  
  
  
  
  I ball my hand up into a tight fist and keep it at my side, doing everything
  in my power not to touch her mouth.
  
  
  I’ve just never seen anything so perfect before.
  
  
  She’s been reading for well over half an hour now and I haven’t heard a damn
  word she’s said. Last night it was so much easier to pay attention to the
  actual story because I wasn’t looking directly at her. Tonight it’s taking
  every ounce of willpower I have not to claim her mouth with mine. She’s
  propped against me with her head on my chest, using me as her pillow. I’m
  hoping she can’t feel my heart pounding right now because every time she
  glances up at me when she flips a page, I squeeze my fists even tighter and
  try to keep my hands to myself but my resistance resonates in my pulse. And
  it’s not that I don’t want to touch her. I want to touch her and kiss her so
  fucking bad it physically hurts.
  
  
  I just don’t want it to be insignificant to her. Whe