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

Illustrations and brief text show many different ways to hug.

Ever feel like you need a hug, a really big hug from someone? That's how Felipe the young cactus feels, but his family just isn't the touchy-feely kind. Cactuses can be quite prickly sometimes you know . . . and so can Felipe. But he'll be darned if this one pointy issue will hold him back, so one day Felipe sets off on his own to find a friend and just maybe, that long awaited hug.

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.

Jules the kitten learns that giving a hug is the simplest but kindest gift of all.

"A little girl finds herself giving hug after hug until, all of a sudden, she's had enough!"--

Despite living far away from his grandmother, a little boy finds a way to give her a speical kind of hug with help from the Hug Delivery Specialist.

Cubby loves spending time with Grandpa Bear, especially when Grandpa gives him the Bear Hug.

A playful and comforting bedtime book that imagines all the wonderful ways a child might give and receive a hug. Whether its a big bear, gasp for air, knock over a chair hug or a wet and drippy, slimy, slippy fish hug, children will giggle their way through all the imaginative examples. Cooneys sweet and simple rhymes encourage playful interaction between parent and child and ultimately help them wind down before they snuggle into bed and drift off...

Mr. Panda is wearing a t-shirt with the words "free hugs" on it, but it seems that none of his animal friends want his cuddles, they would rather hug each other--but he is in for a surprise.