Henrietta Hexagon & the Triangles

by Mandi Tillotson Williams

As an infant, Henrietta Hexagon was left alone in a shape sorter with no one to care for her. She was found and adopted by a family of triangles. She loves her family more than anything but she can't seem to get past the feeling that she doesn't quite fit in. One warm spring morning, Henrietta goes outside searching for hexagons. She does manage to find one but in doing so, she finds herself in a very sticky situation. She heads back home feeling down and defeated but when she arrives, everything changes! This sweet story about adoption and family relationships also subtly teaches a valuable math lesson. Children will adore Henrietta and will also learn the important lesson that it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, it's what's on the inside that counts.

Genres: Childrens, Mathematics

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 14, 2012

Reviews

[Julia Jasztal · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Mommy's review from 4/23/12)


I noticed this was free while browsing Kindle books so I thought we'd give it a try. (Neither of us are real big on ebooks so I don't like to spend money on them right now.)
I honestly wasn't expecting much - if only because it was free. The first thing that surprised me was the amount of content. I assumed the entire book would be a handful of pages at most but it actually was an entire story.
My second assumption was that because the characters were shapes the story would be too young for my daughter, who at 6, is beyond her age group in reading. The story proved me wrong - it's cute story from a young toddler up.
The main lesson in the story is fitting in/feeling like you don't fit in. That can go for anyone of course but young kids who have been adopted might especially benefit.

[M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had me laughing and smiling and rooting for Henrietta and her family. The illustrations are great, colorful and fun. I especially like the kids artwork hung on the living room wall. Mandi Tillotson Williams did a wonderful job with this book. I hope she has written and illustrated more. I highly recommend it.

[Hyacinth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was surprised by this simple, yet sensitive book about being adopted and being different while also teaching about shapes. It was colorful to capture a child's attention and the content made sense. I look forward to reading this to my grandson.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book fell a little flat for me. The plot seemed a little too familiar (misfit kid tries to find something/someone to relate to and build an identity), the problem felt a little too underdeveloped. I felt that more could have been done with the content in terms of adding hexagonal objects to the pictures throughout the books, and expanding Henrietta's quest to find hexagons. Also, on the cover and in the beginning of the book, the triangle family members are not all equilateral or congruent with one another, yet they managed to join together to form a regular hexagon. That is mathematically confusing.