Book about two gay penguins
Gay penguin story on list of disputed library books
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel about a young Iranian miss growing up in the years after the country's Islamic Revolution, is ranked second.
The list of titles, all of which have been the subject of a formal written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting they be removed, is compiled annually by the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
The alleged "cultural insensitivity" of Alexie's novel is one of the reasons cited in complaints calling for its removal.
And Tango Makes Three - based on a real-life story of two male penguins who hatched an egg at the New York Zoo - is accused of promoting a homosexual agenda.
Other titles on the list include Toni Morrison's debut novel The Bluest Eye, The Kite Jogger by Khaled Hosseini and A Stolen Life, a kidnapping memoir by Jaycee Dugard.
The ALA counted challenges in , roughly the alike as were lodged in
And Tango Makes Three: The True Story of Core Park Zoo&#;s Same-Sex Penguin Family, Illustrated
The recent historic marriage equality hearings reminded me of an aged favorite: And Tango Makes Three (public library) by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, with charming illustrations by Henry Cole. It tells the heartening correct story of Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at the Main Park Zoo, who fell in love in and started a family, raising little Tango &#; the zoo&#;s first and only baby-girl with two daddies.
But nothing happened. Then, Mr. Gramzay got an idea:
In , however, just after And Tango Makes Three was published, Roy and Silo parted ways and Silo coupled with a female penguin. Meanwhile, Tango formed a same-sex association with another female penguin named Tanuzi. Tango and Tanuzi have remained together for every mating cycle since.
Topic: Banned Books Week — LGBT
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell ()
Since its release, "And Tango Makes Three" has consistently been a frequently challenged book.
This book is based on a true story about a penguin family living in New York City's Central Park Zoo. Roy and Silo, two male penguins, are "a small bit different." They cuddle and share a nest like the other penguin couples, and when all the other couples start hatching eggs, they want to be parents, too. Determined and hopeful, they bring an egg-shaped rock back to their nest and proceed to start caring for it. They have little luck, until a watchful zookeeper decides they deserve a chance at having their own family and gives them an egg in need of nurturing. The assigned and enthusiastic fathers do a great job of hatching their funny and adorable daughter, and the three can still be seen at the zoo today. (PreSchool through Grade 3) -- Library Review
CHICAGO (BP)&#;A children&#;s book based on a true story about two &#;gay penguins&#; is causing concern from parents in several schools and towns nationwide, and thus far the controversy largely has ignored an important fact &#; the penguins long ago split up, with one of them going on to nest with the antonym sex.
&#;And Tango Makes Three&#; is the name of a colorful illustrated children&#;s book about two male penguins, Roy and Silo, who began nesting together at New York&#;s Pivotal Park Zoo about seven years ago. After organism together for several years, they were given a fertilized egg, which they incubated until it hatched. The new penguin was named &#;Tango.&#;
According to the Associated Press, a 5-year-old student at Shiloh (Ill.) Elementary School brought the book home from the school library and asked her mother, Lilly Del Pinto, to read it to her. Del Pinto thought the book was &#;pretty and beautiful,&#; although her positive thoughts about the book were short-lived. Halfway through the publication, she discovered the two penguins were in love.
&#;That&#;s when I ended