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Polygon Family
Authors: African Storybook Initiative, Lindiwe Tshabalala
Illustrator: Isaac Okwir
“This year we are going to
have a special family
gathering,” announced Mom
Polygon. “Who is coming? I
hope all the Polygons will be
there. I miss my cousins,”
said Khosi. “I miss my side
of the family the most, the
Quadrilaterals,” smiled
Mom. “Yes, it’s a long time
since we saw Rectangle,
Square, and Rhombus,” said
Dad Polygon. “Don’t forget,
they have three children
now!” Mom reminded Dad.
2/17
“What about cousin Scalene
and her children? Are they
coming?” asked Vusi. Mom
answered, “Yes, they are
Polygons, although they are
not Quadrilaterals. Their
surname is Triangle. The kids
are Isosceles and
Equilateral.” “Oh yes, the
Triangle family!” exclaimed
Vusi. “But they look a lot like
the Quadrilaterals.” “No, not
exactly,” said Mom.
“Triangles have three sides,
while the Quadrilaterals have
four sides, like me.”
3/17
Dad Polygon added, “I am
excited because my three
other cousins will be here,
they are Pentagon, Hexagon
and Octagon. They are also
part of our Polygon family.”
Vusi asked, “Dad, why we are
called Polygons?” “We are
called polygons because we
are 2-dimensional shapes.
We are made of straight
lines, and our shape is
closed, as you can see, all
our lines join up. Our
cousins the Triangles, the
Quadrilaterals, the Hexagons
and the Pentagons will all be
visiting,” replied Dad.
4/17
“Did you say that is Octagon
coming? Is she also our
relative?” asked Khosi. “Of
course my daughter, by just
looking at her you can see
she belongs to our family.
You need to look carefully at
the number of sides your
cousins have, otherwise you
might not be able to see the
difference. Cousin Octagon
has eight sides because her
name starts with Octa,” said
Dad.
5/17
“Okay, what about Pentagon
and Hexagon?” asked Vusi.
“Cousin Hexagon has six
sides because his name
starts with Hexa,” replied
Dad. “Pentagons have five
sides. Our teacher told us
that Penta means ‘five’,”
added Khosi. “And
remember that Tri means
three and Quad means four.
That’s what makes your
Triangle and Quadrilateral
cousins look different,” said
Mom.
6/17
“Dad, how many sides does
Heptagon have?” asked Vusi.
Dad laughed and said, “I am
not going to tell you.
Remember we took a
photograph with them at
your uncle's wedding. I want
you to look at the
photograph carefully and tell
me what you observe.” Vusi
looked at the photograph
and quickly answered,
“Heptagon has seven sides!”
Khosi added, “Yes,
remember our teacher told
us that Hepta means
‘seven’.”
7/17
“Oh my wife, can you see
how clever our children are?
Okay, what about Deca, what
does it mean?” questioned
Dad. “Ten! Ten!” shouted
Vusi and Khosi together.
“Yes, that's why one of your
cousins is called Decagon,
but he is not coming
because he has to represent
the swimming team. There
are so few Decagons at their
school,” Mom told them.
8/17
Then the children asked,
“Mom and Dad, can we
invite our friend Circle from
next door?” Their parents
agreed that Circle was
welcome to join the family
gathering. Just then they
heard a knock at the front
door, and Dad got up to
check. “The Quadrilaterals
are here! Welcome!
Welcome” called Dad.
9/17
The rest of the family jump
up to greet Square,
Rectangle and the three
Rhombus children. The
Quadrilaterals are happy to
arrive first.
10/17
The Triangle family knock on
the door soon after the
Quadrilaterals. Scalene,
Isosceles and Equilateral are
tired after their long journey,
but they are so pleased to be
with the rest of the family.
11/17
Finally, Octagon and
Heptagon arrive with their
children, two Pentagons and
Hexagon. They have also
brought three Squares with
them. Octagon explained, “I
hope you don’t mind that
three Quadrilateral children
from the village have come
with us. They have never
visited the city before.”
“Friends and family are
always welcome here,”
smiled Mom. Then she sent
all the children outside to
play.
12/17
“What game are we going to
play?” Vusi asked the other
children. Equilateral
squealed, “Let's play the
tessellation game!” All the
Polygon children started to
tessellate. “Can I play with
you? I also want to
tessellate,” said Circle. Vusi
said, “Shame, I’m sorry you
can't tessellate my friend.”
One of the Squares added,
“Can’t you see your shape,
you are not a Polygon.
Circles can't tessellate.”
13/17
Circle was sad and felt left
out. It's not so much fun
playing together when
someone is left out. Vusi
said, “Hey guys, let's rather
play a game that Circle can
also play.” So the Polygons
and Circle played happily
together until the delicious
food was ready.
14/17
15/17
16/17
17/17
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Cover page: Polygons sitting around a table and talking, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0
license. Page 2: Polygons sitting around a table and talking, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0
license. Page 3: Polygons sitting around a table and talking, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0
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license. Page 6: Polygons sitting around a table and talking, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0
license. Page 7: Head of polygon family showing a portrait to the baby polygons, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved.
Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Family of polygons standing and talking near a window, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights
reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Polygons sitting around a table and talking, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights
reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Group of polygons entering into a house with suitcases, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016.
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13: Background with a polygon and a circle, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 14:
Polygons playing football, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 15: Background with
polygons, by Isaac Okwir © African Storybook Initiative, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 16: Background with triangles, by
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Polygon Family
(English)
The family of Polygons come together in an attempt to know each
other! Do you want to know them?
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