A sensitive and honest picture book that celebrates the different ways in which we can show each other affection. 
We like hugs big or small, 
squeeze-me-tight or feathery light. 
Bear hugs, morning hugs, jump hugs, too. 
Quiet, loud; they all feel right. 
But . . . 
What do others like? 
Some people love a big, strong hug. Others like a gentle hug. Some don’t like to hug at all—they like to shake hands instead. Same Love, Different Hug is a gentle picture book that looks at how different people connect and navigate boundaries, modeling social-emotional skills for the youngest among us.

Same Love, Different Hug

Children's Books

Hovorka, Sarah

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Clarion Books

Hattie loves her family, but she hates hugs! 
While at a family reunion, Hattie wants to play horseshoes with Uncle Jake and Aunt Celia, but her boisterous relatives keep hugging her. Hattie's stomach squirms uncomfortably when she's hugged, but dodging and hiding from the open arms isn't working. Great-Grandma is the only relative who understands how Hattie feels. With Great-Grandma's help, Hattie learns to use simple but clear body language with verbal reinforcement to set boundaries around her personal space and to assert her right to consent to physical touch. And she even wins a game of horseshoes! 
This picture book will teach huggers and non-huggers alike the importance of respecting people's personal boundaries and provides an example of how to advocate for yourself with confidence.

Hattie Hates Hugs

Beaming Books

Sarah knows her unicycle-riding dad is special--even as Sarah cooks, takes care of her brother, and does homework on her own. When her dad finally graduates from high school, gets a second job, and eventually lands a promotion, Sarah realizes there's so much more that's special about him. Unicycle Dad shares the inherent struggles and quiet joys of a single-parent, impoverished household. Raised by a single, teenage father in poverty, author Sarah Hovorka grew up in a family structure lived by many but seldom represented in children's books. Illustrator Alicia Schwab captures the story with warm, expressive art.

Unicycle Dad

Biographies

Amicus Ink

Camouflage Mom: A Story About Staying Connected

Enid is a little girl who is grieving for her grandad. She walks around with different emotions and feelings, whizzing inside of her. Enid is carrying a heavy bag and struggles to let go of the items within her bag because they remind her of grandad. But, what happens when she opens up to people about how she is feeling and they offer to help carry the weight? Enid will learn that grief remains but takes on many forms, and when you share with others your feelings of grief can feel a little lighter.

Cardinal Rule Press

Sarah is happy to finally see her mom after two months of boot camp but she feels a distance between them that' s more than the physical space that separates them. Is that her mom who stares straight ahead in a line of soldiers when Sarah calls out for her? Is that her mom who stomp stomp stomps in big, heavy boots and hides in camouflage clothing? Using the analogy of links in a chain, CAMOUFLAGE MOM is the story about how Sarah reconnected with her mom after her mom joined the military.

Femmes-Fae Tales: A Fantasy Anthology by Female Authors

Literature & Fiction

BUCHANAN, KERRY

Zebedee, Jo

Browne, Damaris

Tett, E J

Boulton, Susan

Powell, Liz

Oliver, Rosie

Spink Mills, Juliana

Mythology & Folk Tales

Independently published

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