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. With Great-Grandma's help, Hattie learns 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.
Available everywhere books are sold.
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. With Great-Grandma's help, Hattie learns 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.
Available everywhere books are sold.
Check out these Hattie Hates Hugs extras!
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Educational Pack Download
Eleven pages of educational content for parents, homeschoolers, teachers, and librarians. Includes discussion prompts, math picture study, handwriting pages, and more! Click on the image below to download. Happy learning! 
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Coloring Page Download
An amazing Hattie Hates Hugs coloring page created by illustrator Heather Brockman Lee. Click on the image below to download. Happy coloring! 
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Short Stories
Of Buggies and Behemoths is a science fiction short story about a young couple enjoying the rambunctious and calm pleasures of their Lunar homestead. Something is missing in their lives, though, something that is fulfilled from an unexpected source. This story is published in Etaerio SF, a pamphlet for science fiction readers and writers.
Thanks for the Ride is a contemporary ghost story for middle grade readers appearing in Spaceports and Spidersilk October 2021. Disabled Leah and her friend Frankie attend a Halloween tour at Preston Castle, but Frankie runs off and disappears. After discovering Frankie’s sugar skull broken on the stairwell, Leah overhears a frightening conversation. To her relief and bewilderment, Frankie turns up on the way home, but something isn’t quite right.
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Given Time, There Will Be Peace is a science fiction short story for adults appearing in Kraxon Magazine. Is it unusual for the prisoner to appear peaceful?
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