Hug Machine (2014)
by Scott Campbell
This book seems so crazy simple, but it is one I always love reading and re-reading with the kids.
A young boy calls himself the “hug machine.” The book follows him as he hugs everything he sees–mailboxes, trees, babies, whales, you name it. And that’s it. That’s the book. But, it’s just darling and sweet, and I love the boy’s enthusiasm for hugging. The checklists on the endpapers are also a favorite of the kids.
(I also love that this is the book that introduced us to Emily Arrow. I found her video of Hug Machine and fell in love with her immediately.)