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(PreSchool through Grade 3) --  Library Review

Individuals and groups in at least 15 US states have challenged libraries over And Tango Makes Three, seeking to have the book labeled with a content warning, moved to a different section of the library or removed from shelves altogether, according to the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

 

Examples of Challenges to And Tango Makes Three

2006

  • Parents of students at Shiloh Elementary School in Shiloh, Illinois requested in November 2006 that the book be placed in a restricted section of the library and for the school to require parental permission prior to checking the book out.

    The way the story is told, it's not much different than if they were an opposite-sex couple but one was infertile.

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    Older readers will most appreciate the...larger theme of tolerance at work in this touching tale." ― Publishers Weekly, starred review

    *"This joyful story about the meaning of family is a must for any library." ― School Library Journal, starred review

    *"In this true, straightforwardly (so to speak) delivered tale, two male chinstrap penguins at New York City's Central Park Zoo bond, build a nest and--thanks to a helping hand from an observant zookeeper--hatch and raise a penguin chick...Readers may find its theme of acecptance even more convincing for being delivered in such a matter of fact, non-preachy way." ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    A charming and adorable story that proves love isn't confined by a set of rules of what's right or wrong.

    He lives in New York City.

    Henry Cole has written and illustrated more than 150 books for children, including Spot, the Cat; And Tango Makes Three; Oink?; and Little Bo in France. Dr. Richardson is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell and the coauthor of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask).

    And Tango Makes Three proves that all kinds of love can create a family." -- Wendy Wasserstein

    "A little miracle for children. Determined and hopeful, they bring an egg-shaped rock back to their nest and proceed to start caring for it. Further facts about the episode conclude, but it's naive to expect this will be read only as a zoo anecdote. Roy and Silo were "a little bit different" from the other male penguins: instead of noticing females, they noticed each other.

    All rights reserved.

    By Justin Richardson Peter Parnell

    Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

    Copyright © 2005Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
    All right reserved.
    ISBN: 978-0-689-87845-9

    Chapter One

    And in the penguin house there are penguin families. Love is Love.” ― Nathan Lane & Devlin Elliott

    "While this could introduce a discussion about various kinds of families, it's also a cheerful and endearing animal story that should please any aficionado of the zoo's penguin enclosure." ― BCCB

    "Tango Makes Three rises above the message it carries and becomes the rarest of birds, a 'message book' that's also a really good story." ― NYTBR

    About the Author

    Justin Richardson, MD, is the coauthor, with Peter Parnell, of the award-winning picture book And Tango Makes Three.

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    Excerpted from And Tango Makes Threeby Justin Richardson Peter Parnell Copyright ©2005 by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Done in soft watercolors, the illustrations set the tone for this uplifting story, and readers will find it hard to resist the penguins' comical expressions. The school district's lawyer argued that such a decision, if challenged, would likely not hold up in court.

    I think reading that can make any child feel more loved, by proxy. PEN America and the American Library Association sent letters urging to board to preserve students' access to Tango. The Ankeny school board voted 6 to 1 to keep the book in general circulation.

2012

  • The book was marked for removal in the Davis, Utah School District because parents might find it objectionable.

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Wherever Roy went, Silo went too. It is at once a bildungsroman, a ‘great American novel’, and a modern Greek Myth. PreSchool-Grade 3-This tale based on a true story about a charming penguin family living in New York City's Central Park Zoo will capture the hearts of penguin lovers everywhere.