Describes the anatomy of the hand and discusses the many things hands can do, how left- or right-handedness is developed, and how gestures are used in communication.
Simple rhyming text follows a person's journey through life focusing on the hands and what they do from babyhood to adulthood, when a new pair of hands comes into existence.
Henry is a monster whose body parts tend to fall off but his right hand helps keep everything together and is his best friend, until Henry becomes lazy and his hand decides to leave.