And since its initial publication that book has been challenged and banned countless times. They are, after all, the authors of the “gay penguin book”, And Tango Makes Three. Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson know a bit about being banned. “The History of Book Bans-and Their Changing Targets-in the U.S.” National Geographic, 6 Sept. “The History of Book Bans-and Their Changing Targets-in the U.S.” Culture, National Geographic, 6 Sept. Many states and school districts have banned this book because of its “homosexual undertones” which has been demed by legislators in certain states as being “unsuited to the age group”.īlakemore, Erin. The book tells the story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins from New York’s Central Park Zoo that took turns taking care of an egg until it hatched, then raised that chick as their own. Like the description of the book says, this story is true. Now you might be wondering, why would a book about penguins be so controversial? Well, the book portrays two same-sex penguins that hatch an egg and raise a chick. This book has been banned numerous times since its release and has even appeared on the American Library Association’s top ten challenged and banned book list 8 times since 2006. In time for the tenth anniversary of And Tang o Makes Three, this Classic Board Book edition is the perfect size for small hands.” And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.

But their desire for a family was the same. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. Simon and Schuster summarize the book “ The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontradition al family is now available in a sturdy board book edition. The first book I will be talking about is And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. I will summarize the book and explain why they are banned. Which is why I am dedicating this blog to a different banned book every week. However, recently author Stephen King tweeted:Īnd it opened my eyes, even though I have access to these banned books others don’t. I have known about the banning of books for a while but since it didn’t personally affect me, I chose to not talk about it. National Geographic reports “ Between July 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, alone, there were 1,586 book bans in 86 school districts across 26 states- affecting more than two million students.” Book Banning is a prominent problem i n our country today.

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