Banned Books Week - Day 5
September 30 - October 6 is Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the fight against literary censorship.
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
And Tango Makes Three is a fictionalized account of the true story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who are "a little bit different." Roy and Silo like to play and cuddle the way the other penguins couples do, so when they start making nests for eggs, Roy and Silo try to do that too. Unfortunately, although they take careful turns sitting on their nest, their efforts do not produce the hatched eggs of baby penguins that the other couples have. A watchful zookeeper gives them a hand, supplying them with an extra egg that another penguin family cannot care for. Roy and Silo take great care in nurturing their egg, which eventually hatches into a delightful penguin daughter, Tango.
Although it was named an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and received the ASPCA's Henry Bergh Award and the Gustavus Myer Outstanding Book Award along with several other honors, And Tango Makes Three is currently the most challenged book in America. Challengers have accused it of being anti-ethnic, sexist, promoting of homosexuality, anti-family, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group. Since its publication in 2005, And Tango Makes Three spent five on the ALA's Top Ten Most Challenged Books and was the number one most challenged book on every year except one.
For more information on Banned Books Week, check out the ALA's BBW site or BannedBooksWeek.org.
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
And Tango Makes Three is a fictionalized account of the true story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who are "a little bit different." Roy and Silo like to play and cuddle the way the other penguins couples do, so when they start making nests for eggs, Roy and Silo try to do that too. Unfortunately, although they take careful turns sitting on their nest, their efforts do not produce the hatched eggs of baby penguins that the other couples have. A watchful zookeeper gives them a hand, supplying them with an extra egg that another penguin family cannot care for. Roy and Silo take great care in nurturing their egg, which eventually hatches into a delightful penguin daughter, Tango.
Although it was named an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and received the ASPCA's Henry Bergh Award and the Gustavus Myer Outstanding Book Award along with several other honors, And Tango Makes Three is currently the most challenged book in America. Challengers have accused it of being anti-ethnic, sexist, promoting of homosexuality, anti-family, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group. Since its publication in 2005, And Tango Makes Three spent five on the ALA's Top Ten Most Challenged Books and was the number one most challenged book on every year except one.
Click to viewFor more information on Banned Books Week, check out the ALA's BBW site or BannedBooksWeek.org.