The hug machine is available to hug anyone, any time, whether they are square or long, spiky, or soft.

In simple rhyming text the reader will explore many different kinds of hugs in the search for the perfect one.

A boy explains why, when compared with other animals, his teddy bear is the best one to cuddle with.

Charlie is chilly all over and needs a hug to warm him up.

Douglas the bear wakes up one morning wanting a hug. He unsuccesffully tries hugging a rock, a tall tree, and an odd-feeling bush that runs away. Won't anyone give him a hug?

A friendly porcupine figures out how to give hugs without hurting others with her sharp quills.

When a little penguin is unable to get warm by himself, he turns to a friend for help.

A bear who loves to hug everything meets a human who is about to chop down a tree, and the bear must make a decision on how to save his forest.

Rhyming text describes many different kinds of hugs.

May and her grandmother are a team, especially in anything related to science and flight, but when May becomes the first child astronaut, Grama fears she will leave Earth without a goodbye hug.